Secondary Hardive acting strange after XP reinstall

[IamElectro]

I just reinstalled XP and now my second drive is showing that it needs formatted. The drive was fine prior to install and was formated NTSF. I left alone during the format and install process.

I have the files backed up on DVD but I am curious if any other members have experienced this problem.

Main drive and slave drives are both maxtor 60gig drives.

If you need more system specs let me know

 

[toymachineman19]

if it doesn't have windows files on it, that's weird. Tried it as a master drive? or in a different PC?

 

[SlitheryDee]

What exactly is the problem? The drive is showing up in explorer but windows won't let you access it? I've never had windows specifically ask me to format a HD. 😕

 

[IamElectro]

It shows up but windows want to format it was always a windows drive as well.

 

[jameswhite1979]

What information can you get from Disk Manager (right mouse My computer, manage)?

 

[imported_SpiderJohn]

Funny you should ask.

About 1 month ago, my master drive (with WINXP) failed. You know, the dreaded "operating system not found".

I had a spare hard drive. I slapped that in to use as master, reinstalled WinXP and the system ran like a charm; however, my secondary hd (also a maxtor 60gb) didn't show up in my computer.

Tried to reinstall it and got the message "drive failure imminent". I figured I didn't have something right so I kept messing with it.

This weekend, I was finally able to access the drive and use it briefly. Then it locked up every time I tried to access it.

Tried a couple of times to reformat, no luck. Drivers maybe? Nope, I downloaded a couple of programs from Maxtor website. They were Powermax and Maxblast.

One will install most current drivers and allow you to format. The other will test your drive.

Bottom line with mine, it would never format. I did get an error code that told me the drive was bad. Luckily, mine was still under waranty. RMA'd the drive and my replacement is on the way.

Download those two programs from the Maxtor website. They may help you out.

sj

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: IamElectro
It shows up but windows want to format it was always a windows drive as well.

I ran into that recently, and it was simple problem. The Windows OS has taken control of that drive for System Restore. Until you remove that drive from System Restore's purview, it will not let you format it. Somes the Recycle settings, particularly Norton Protected can also get in the way.