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shylo
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« on: May 30, 2006, 08:49:08 PM »

Hi, just a quick question without supporting details to get an idea of where to go next.  Installed a second hard drive [Maxtor 160GB] on XP pro, saw it was recognized but did not initialize or format.  After initial bootup after installation of the drive, booted to Win.  I shut down, having something else to do.  Several days later on bootup, no bootup to Win, left with the message "invalid allocation table".  Question:  is the hard drive bad just based on the above facts?

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« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2006, 10:04:32 PM »

No. 

This is a guess, but I would guess that you may have screwed up your Boot.ini and/or your Ntldr (NT Loader).   

I would do a Repair Install of Windows to get Windows Back.   Here are Instructions on how to do a Repair Install.

Then once you get Windows Back, work on getting the Hard Drive Recognized.  I believe that you need to Enable Large Hard Drives, Maxtor has a Download on their website that you need to download and install.   Once you have that, I think it will recognize the drive fine.   Here's Maxtor's Website:  http://www.maxtor.com/
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« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2006, 11:28:37 PM »

Thanks, I can boot to Win so long as I unattach the new drive.  Will look at the link and go from there.
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