Unallocated Seagate Barracuda

DB3371 · 04-29-2008, 10:50 PM

I bought a new Seagate Barracuda 250GB hard drive, with a IDE100 interface. When I installed it, I had both that new hard drive and my old 30Gb Maxtor on the same ribbon cable, the Maxtor first in line, the Seagate second. Both were set to cable select. When I booted up and went to disk management, the seagate was listed as an unallocated disk, and it did not give me any partition options for the drive. I then tried different combinations of master vs. slave set ups... which didn't work. I then tried putting the seagate on the second ribbon cable that had my CD-ROM attatched. This did not work either. I then updated my BIOS, which did not work either. The one thing I havn't tried yet is putting the seagate in another computer to see if it is a bad drive. What should i do?

**oldmn** · 04-29-2008, 10:56 PM

Hi DB3371 Welcome to TSF
When you are in drive manager, try right clicking on the drive and partition the drive, them right click again after the partitioning is complete and format it.

DB3371 · 04-30-2008, 06:19 PM

Thanks for the info, but i tried your recomendation to no avail. The new partition button was unselectable, as it was before. Any other options?

HD_Monkey · 04-30-2008, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by DB3371

I bought a new Seagate Barracuda 250GB hard drive, with a IDE100 interface. When I installed it, I had both that new hard drive and my old 30Gb Maxtor on the same ribbon cable, the Maxtor first in line, the Seagate second. Both were set to cable select. When I booted up and went to disk management, the seagate was listed as an unallocated disk, and it did not give me any partition options for the drive. I then tried different combinations of master vs. slave set ups... which didn't work. I then tried putting the seagate on the second ribbon cable that had my CD-ROM attatched. This did not work either. I then updated my BIOS, which did not work either. The one thing I havn't tried yet is putting the seagate in another computer to see if it is a bad drive. What should i do?

Hey, DB3371. I have used maxblast 5 to set up my seagate hard drives and it is downloadable at seagate site (they bought 'em). It has few options, but seems to work ok at what it does. Have you attempted to use this software to install your drive. Unallocated just means it is blank. No partition, no format. Nothing to do with cables.

**Deleted090308** · 05-01-2008, 01:42 AM

You may have to initialize the drive in Disk management first.
Start > Settings > Control panel > Administrative tools > Computer management > Disk management.

**oldmn** · 05-01-2008, 09:23 AM

I know what you are experiencing. I have a thumb drive that has done the same thing to me, it is not a problem for me because the drive still works and is encrypted (Password Storage).

I would as, HD_Monkey down load the Seagate/ Maxtor tools and try them.
The other possibility would be boot from a floppy and run Fdisk.

dai · 05-01-2008, 06:03 PM

format it

04-29-2008, 10:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
DB3371 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP	Unallocated Seagate Barracuda I bought a new Seagate Barracuda 250GB hard drive, with a IDE100 interface. When I installed it, I had both that new hard drive and my old 30Gb Maxtor on the same ribbon cable, the Maxtor first in line, the Seagate second. Both were set to cable select. When I booted up and went to disk management, the seagate was listed as an unallocated disk, and it did not give me any partition options for the drive. I then tried different combinations of master vs. slave set ups... which didn't work. I then tried putting the seagate on the second ribbon cable that had my CD-ROM attatched. This did not work either. I then updated my BIOS, which did not work either. The one thing I havn't tried yet is putting the seagate in another computer to see if it is a bad drive. What should i do? Last edited by DB3371; 04-29-2008 at 10:52 PM.

04-29-2008, 10:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
oldmn TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gig Harbor Wa Posts: 2,150 OS: XP Pro SP3 X 3 My System	Re: Unallocated Seagate Barracuda Hi DB3371 Welcome to TSF When you are in drive manager, try right clicking on the drive and partition the drive, them right click again after the partitioning is complete and format it. __________________ AVG \| MEMTEST86 \| Zone Alarm \| XXCLONE \| Adaware \| Beyond Compare \| Everest If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Sorry no PM's for problems.[/center]

04-30-2008, 06:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
DB3371 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP	Re: Unallocated Seagate Barracuda Thanks for the info, but i tried your recomendation to no avail. The new partition button was unselectable, as it was before. Any other options?

05-01-2008, 01:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Unallocated Seagate Barracuda You may have to initialize the drive in Disk management first. Start > Settings > Control panel > Administrative tools > Computer management > Disk management.

05-01-2008, 09:23 AM	#6 (permalink)
oldmn TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gig Harbor Wa Posts: 2,150 OS: XP Pro SP3 X 3 My System	Re: Unallocated Seagate Barracuda I know what you are experiencing. I have a thumb drive that has done the same thing to me, it is not a problem for me because the drive still works and is encrypted (Password Storage). I would as, HD_Monkey down load the Seagate/ Maxtor tools and try them. The other possibility would be boot from a floppy and run Fdisk. __________________ AVG \| MEMTEST86 \| Zone Alarm \| XXCLONE \| Adaware \| Beyond Compare \| Everest If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Sorry no PM's for problems.[/center]

05-01-2008, 06:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,609 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Unallocated Seagate Barracuda format it __________________