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Use XP's Disk Management to partition and format the drive, not Maxtor's software. Use Maxtor's software to zero fill (low level format) the drive and start over. Disk Management is found by right clicking on My Computer and selecting Manage.
If you are using an 80 wire Ultra ATA cable, you should not be using master/slave jumpering, you should be using Cable Select. Blue connector to motherboard, black on the other end to master, and gray in the middle to slave.
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