Windows Installer cannot see my HDD

[jerry5058]

I bought brand new mobo, processor and HDD (Maxtor Maxline III 300 GB SATA) and for some reason ..my Windows Installer (SP2 ...booting from CD) cannot see my HDD (BIOS recognizes it) . I have upgraded my bios to the newest version , but it didn't solve my problem.

I know that my HDD is good, because I tried it on my Lanparty NF4-U and everything was fine...

[Prisoner.88]

You have to press F6 at first screen when your CD Boot UP to install your Sata Drivers, If you have done that you maybe choosed the wrong drivers or maybe you need to download The latest Sata drivers from DFI Site

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@Prisoner.88

You have to press F6 at first screen when your CD Boot UP to install your Sata Drivers

only if installing raid.

 

There are ongoing issues with maxtor series 10 16mb cache drives but which involves detection/disappearing & corruption, but i think the maxline are ok.

 

what other drives have u conneccted

In bios try changing access mode of your maxline from auto 2 large & see if xp cd sees it then.

[jerry5058]

...I have tried all that things....I just found that I need to upgrade a firmware in my HDD (Maxline III 7L300S0) to BANC1E00 ...So could someone send it to me , please ???

 

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[jerry5058]

Please, could anybody help me with sending this firmware for Maxtor Maxline III (7L300S0) ???

I'm so pissed off....gosh I'll never buy any HDD form Maxtor ..!!!!