Originally Posted by IS_Contractor

Did you try checking the drive to see if it's set up for master. Just plugging it into the Master IDE cable doesn't make it a master drive. There are pin settings on the drive itself that need to be set correctly. Go to Maxtor's website and you can check to see what the correct jumper setting are if they're not shown on the drive itself.

I've also had some issues with external USB hard drives being recognized. A lot of times I had to uninstall the drivers and manually install the correct drivers from the cd provided.