windows XP doesn't recognize SATA drives?

whenallislost · Dec 30, 2005

I just got a new SATA drive, a maxtor 6L100M0, and I was installing it on a PCchips m957g (v1.0) motherboard that has onboard SATA ports. After physically installing the hard drive, I turn on the computer, go to Bios settings and it sees the hard drive, correct part number and all, yet when I boot up windows from my other hard drive (a regular IDE ATA hard drive) windows wont see my new SATA drive. I went to maxtors website and they don't even have that part number on there! I run powermax, and when it tries to dected drives, it freezes up. It says it is supposed to take up to 1 minute, yet I left it on overnight (8 hours), and it still is stuck on the same screen... Windows wont even give me a new hardware found screen, and maxtor doesn't have the drivers for a hard drive they made. Can anyone help me install this hard drive, or did I just buy a really expensive paper weight?

sleepygamer213 · Dec 30, 2005

Maxtor doesnt have the part # listed on their site? Odd. I checked out google with the part number and all i was able to find were retailers selling the HDD. This is very odd indeed. Try downloading their MAXBlast 4 software HERE

There is also a bootable .ISO available HERE

Hope this helps.

DavidGP · Dec 30, 2005

Do the drive show up in Disk Managment at all? ( right click My Computer > Manage > Disk Managment )

Which service pack do you have for XP?

G'day · Jan 1, 2006

Sounds like you need to install the drivers. Without them XP won't see your drive.

Insomniac · Jan 1, 2006

Sata and Raid can be very messy with XP.

HERE is a very good site.

It's for Seagate, but it should be relevant if you have the appropriate software.

whenallislost · Jan 5, 2006

sleepygamer213 said:

Maxtor doesnt have the part # listed on their site? Odd. I checked out google with the part number and all i was able to find were retailers selling the HDD. This is very odd indeed. Try downloading their MAXBlast 4 software HERE

There is also a bootable .ISO available HERE

Hope this helps.
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Believe me when I say I have tried googling it because maxtor didn't have it on their website... maxblast is almost as worthless as a toothpick used to whipe your ass... I appreciate the help though... I will just keep on troubleshooting

thesunscreen · Jan 5, 2006

I had the same problem, you need the sata drivers for your mobo, then f6 when you install windows

DavidGP · Jan 5, 2006

One reason you may not have had much luck finding this drive on the retail side of Maxtor is that, the model 6L100M0 is that it's listed as a Maxtor QuickView ( consumer electronics ) Family Hard Drive,

Maxtor QuickView hard drives are designed for digital video recorders (DVR), set-top boxes (STB), DVD/HDD combos, media centers and
other consumer devices and applications. QuickView hard drives offer audio-visual performance and advanced features that enhance the
digital entertainment experience.
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Full product line listings.
http://www.maxtor.com/_files/maxtor/en_us/documentation/data_sheets/product_line_card.pdf

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showpost.php?p=710474&postcount=3 ?

and as thesunscreen and Insomniac said above the drivers for SATA come from the manufacturer of your motherboard.

Maxtor support have alwasy been helpful to me so it also may be worth dropping them a quick email? ( tip: dont rant or rave, ask a clear question stateing something like "I have this new hard drive model #6L100M0 and I am having trouble installing in XP ( enter some system specs and XP service pack etc ) and getting the Operating System to see the drive can you help?" ) ... fly off the handle and tell them their stuff is crap, with no drivers etc and they will not reply

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