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Discussions tagged with 'pass tests' on WindowsForum.com focus on hardware troubleshooting scenarios where drives or components fail to pass diagnostic checks. In one example, a 100GB IDE Maxtor drive incorrectly reports as ~2TB and stops working, indicating a failure to pass basic capacity and functionality tests. The tag is used when users encounter issues that prevent a device from passing expected verification steps, such as formatting, data transfer, or temperature monitoring. These threads typically involve Windows 7 or later systems and seek solutions for drives that do not pass tests under normal operating conditions.
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Windows 7 [DRIVERS?] 100GB IDE Maxtor drive reports ~2TB and won't work.
When I first built my pc, my Seagate SATA drive arrived DOE, so I used a older 100GB IDE Maxtor and used Windows 7 x86 without problems for about a month. The drive has since been used as a backup drive by my brother for the past 9 months. It has had no problems till now. I installed it...- Tiake
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