250GB drive recovery

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I installed a 3rd drive as 'master' on an additional
controller card and formatted it using XP Disk Manager.
XP banner would boot and then go into a memory dump and
restart the computer (loop). I removed the drive and
still had trouble so I ran restore. Now XP runs but I can
not see the drive at all (unallocated or drive letter).
What fix/recovery action can I take?
 
If you have reconnected the drive on a new controller...
check that the hardware for that controller is listed in
the device manager (Ctrl Panel - System - Hardware)
Try reinstalling the device driver after checking there
are no other master devices on your controller. Check your
controller is enabled in the BIOS. (i.e. it is listed at
boot up) run the add new hardware wizard and see if it
finds anything. If you have a stable system, you should be
able to get it to recognise new hardware.
 
If you have reconnected the drive on a new controller...
check that the hardware for that controller is listed in
the device manager (Ctrl Panel - System - Hardware)
Try reinstalling the device driver after checking there
are no other master devices on your controller. Check your
controller is enabled in the BIOS. (i.e. it is listed at
boot up) run the add new hardware wizard and see if it
finds anything. If you have a stable system, you should be
able to get it to recognise new hardware.
 
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