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Installitation woes

by rj-con2031 Mar 6, 2006 3:38AM PST

hi i have a pc that was running XP i wanted to put in a new HDD because i bought a new XP disc,wanted everything fresh so installed the HDD(Maxtor 120GB) and was using Max Blast to partition it and i got An error No CD-ROM Found check cable and power and
Error No IDE Device Drivers Found.
It was working before i changed the HDD and I checked the cable and power,seems ok now im at a stand still.
I've been teaching myself a little about PCs and would like not to have to take it in. Any ideas on what could be causing this? Thanks rjc.

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Is max blast an overlay program???
by Ray Harinec Mar 6, 2006 3:43AM PST

It used to be, and then was not compatible with MS file systems.

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woes
by rj-con2031 Mar 6, 2006 3:45AM PST

i also tried using xp floppy setup and same errors ant the end.

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Why don't you simply install
by Ray Harinec Mar 6, 2006 3:46AM PST

from the XP CD??? That will allow you to partition/format etc. If you decide to use FAT 32 it will only allow making a 32 GB partiton max [as many as you want], but with NTFS you can make a much larger partiton as long as it has SP1 on it.

Gee, just think Seagate now owns Maxtor. Wonder if the warranty will go to 5 years as the Seagate drives are.

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thanks
by rj-con2031 Mar 6, 2006 6:04AM PST

I'll try it, so stressed i dont remember if i tried.

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Any chance that it is a
by Ray Harinec Mar 6, 2006 9:05AM PST

SATA drive??? If so, there is a specific procedure to use.

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