Joe, i gather that from what you said that maxtor is not a very good hard
drive.  what is a better one to replace it ?

thanx,

stephen r stanfield 

 

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From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List

Date: 12/16/04 09:56:07

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Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] No Harddrive Found

 

Hi,

 

Since it is a Maxtor drive, it is the first thing I would check out.  The

Diagnosis download would be a good place to start.  I've had too many

maxtors retire out after one year of service.

 

You may want to check the Bios of the main board and do a couple of things:

1) if the S.M.A.R.T. drive detection is disabled, enable it.  It will then

report errors it finds with the Drive.

2) if there is a setting for hard drive delay, increase it.  It will make

the BIOS loof for the drive for a longer time, giving the drive time to spin

up to proper speed.

 

and of course:

3) BACK UP WHAT"S IMPORTANT TO YOU THAT YOU CAN"T REPLACE!

 

 

Good luck

 

Joe

 

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  Hello All,

Over the last month or so, upon booting up computer a screen has shown up

with "No Hard Drive Found".

After re-booting, it worked fine.  This has happened 2-3 times. Tonite, I

had to re-boot twice.  Is this a warning of things to come? AMD AthlonXP

1700+ Maxtor 5T040H4  40GB HD 1.024RAM Windows XP Home SP-2 Build 2600

 

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