How do you get Windows 98SE to regonise a new internal had drive (40GB Maxtor)?

check the jumper settings on the back of the hard drive, eight sets of pins with a two pin receptacle. the hard drive should have a diagram on the label indicating master or slave setting. put the jumper on the correct setting. then, download Norton Partition Magic and get rid of the partition, see if BIOS recognizes the entire 40 Gig then.