To start with when I started computer it does the self diagnosis and
would not show hsrddrive, it showed memory, keyboard, etc. In bios it
did not list any hard drive.
When it did appear in bios list it showed 32gig approx, not the full
48gig. Bios is from 1995 dell, and would need a maxtor overlay to see
all of drive. Their maxblast 4 does not work for me either.
I tried the jumper set to master, and had only the maxtor in drive 0
position, it was visible in all places/ I tried to do a low format
using Activekilldisk program, it claimed to have erased all info, but
when using its own preview it showed everything still their.
I tried dban but it did not do anything. I tried to reinstall os xp,
it went through entire floppy process, and cd copying but when it
said to remove all media and reboot I get " a disk read error
occurred. Press ctrl*alt*del to restart".
If i put back the drive one drive, boot with the ntldr floppy I can
see drive 0 and it functions.
I appreciate your help and I hope this has helped to clarify the situation.
Steve
First with only drive 0 in the system, does the bios actually see
*nothing* or does it see a drive with lower capacity? And are you
actually *IN* the bios while checking?
If the drive is being detected by the bios, but at a much lower
capacity then try:
(Master with CLJ)
The vertical jumper over the J48 pins is configuring the drive as a Master.
The vertical jumper over the J44 pins is in the Cylinder Limitation position.
This is shown at
<http://www.maxtor.com/_files/maxtor/en_us/documentation/jumper_settings/style_b.htm>
See if the bios can now see it, although it will be at a lower
capacity, which I believe will be 32 GB.
BTW what is the jumper set at now?
On Fri, 29 Sep 2006, steven wrote:
Drive 0 is a maxtor fireball 3 2f040l071. Jumper choices are master
slave; cs cable select; cylinder limitation. Which should I use?
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