Maxtor SATA 250gb not Detected

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I am running XP with SP1 and SP2. I just installed this drive. I followed
303013 as best I could. I ran the bigdriveenabler program from Maxtor. When
I boot, I see the screen that says hit (cntrl F) and I do, but nothing
happens. The system continues to boot. The drive is not recognized at all,
anywhere.

Any suggestions? Please.
 
off2cjb said:
I am running XP with SP1 and SP2. I just installed this drive. I
followed
303013 as best I could. I ran the bigdriveenabler program from
Maxtor. When
I boot, I see the screen that says hit (cntrl F) and I do, but
nothing
happens. The system continues to boot. The drive is not recognized
at all,
anywhere.

Any suggestions? Please.
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Is your SATA adapter enabled in BIOS? some need to be enabled and some
are provided by a RAID controller which would also have to be enabled
(even if you are not going to create a RAID set)
 
I do ont have anything relating to a SATA adapter in BIOS. When booting up,
it says there is no drive attached to the WD SATA controller and that the
BIOS is not installed.
 
Is there a setting in BIOS for onboard RAID? Is the drive powered and
starting up with the machine? Is the SATA cable securely plugged in?
If none of these apply I don't know what to suggest.
 
No, I do not see any RAID in BIOS. When booting up now, the drive attaches
to the controller but when i hit <ctrl>F to get into the set up, it continues
booting up without letting me in. Nothing inside of windows shows the drive.
 
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