[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: HD manufacturer's utilities fail to see drive (was New Data Disk Errors)

[Johnny Cybermyth]

Has any ever bought a drive which was not recognized by the 
manufacturer's disk utilities?

I bought a new Maxtor IDE hard drive from Fry's a few weeks ago for an 
older P4 HP Pavilion desktop.  When I installed the drive, I tried to do 
the initial format using the manufacturer's disk utilities, but it 
wouldn't see the drive.

I checked all jumper settings, used two different 80 pin IDE cables, and 
reseated all cables, memory, and expansion cards.  No dice.

So, I decided to move on and install the latest Ubuntu on the fresh 
drive.  Ubuntu detected the drive, partitioned it, and installed after a 
few false starts with what appeared to be bad burned install discs.

Everything seems fine now.  I haven't done much with the machine yet, 
but I've booted it several times and have done some initial web surfing 
on it.

Should I be worried?

--Johnny