hard drive problems

simple simon · 18th Feb 2006, 09:08 PM

hello all, thanks for looking at this thread, lets hope u can help me. my pc was set up (b4 i cleared it) with 2hd's, 1 was set as primary master (200gb sata) which had windows installed on it and the other was a non sata 40gb set as 3rd slave apparently this was the only they (computer shop) could get both hds to work, which is what i wanted, but now i wiped all the sata hd and installed windows onto the 40gb hd, everything works fine as it is still set up the same in bios (200gb being prime master and 40gb being 3rd slave) BUT when i look in "my computer" only the 40gb hd with windows on it is showing, when i checked in "device manager" under "disk drives" both hd's are there? when i went back into "my computer" and right clicked on the 40gb under properties - hardware again both hd's are there? both say they are working fine, the 200gb is set in location 0(0) and the 40gb 1(1). can anyone help me out? how can i get the hd to show under my computer?? sorry for the essay lol

1031982 · 19th Feb 2006, 01:18 AM

Sounds like the 200GB drive doesn’t have a partition set up on it. Assuming you have Windows XP Pro (not sure if this is in Home or not) right click on My Computer and select Manage. Under the Storage category, click on Disk Management. All drives should be there except a Floppy drive if you have one. If the 200GB has nothing in it, then it has no partition. If you need help on doing the, the help topics seem to be pretty thorough. You would want to create a partition using a basic volume.
As for that being an essay, I think not. You eliminated multiple things with all the info! Very good!

simple simon · 19th Feb 2006, 02:22 AM

looks like i need to make a partition for it. thanks for your help.

zy · 19th Feb 2006, 03:30 AM

try assigning a drive letter for the 200gb drive first ..
using the Disk Management

unless you want to format it ? ..

slash · 19th Feb 2006, 02:39 PM

just download the program from the sata hd's manufacturer website.
i did it for my new maxtor 200gb sata, and maxblast set the harddisk up for me

18th Feb 2006, 09:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
simple simon Newbie Join Date: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 2 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	hard drive problems hello all, thanks for looking at this thread, lets hope u can help me. my pc was set up (b4 i cleared it) with 2hd's, 1 was set as primary master (200gb sata) which had windows installed on it and the other was a non sata 40gb set as 3rd slave apparently this was the only they (computer shop) could get both hds to work, which is what i wanted, but now i wiped all the sata hd and installed windows onto the 40gb hd, everything works fine as it is still set up the same in bios (200gb being prime master and 40gb being 3rd slave) BUT when i look in "my computer" only the 40gb hd with windows on it is showing, when i checked in "device manager" under "disk drives" both hd's are there? when i went back into "my computer" and right clicked on the 40gb under properties - hardware again both hd's are there? both say they are working fine, the 200gb is set in location 0(0) and the 40gb 1(1). can anyone help me out? how can i get the hd to show under my computer?? sorry for the essay lol

19th Feb 2006, 01:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
1031982 Super Active Join Date: 25 Feb 2003 Location: USA Posts: 1,585 Reputation: 285 Rep Power: 9	Sounds like the 200GB drive doesn’t have a partition set up on it. Assuming you have Windows XP Pro (not sure if this is in Home or not) right click on My Computer and select Manage. Under the Storage category, click on Disk Management. All drives should be there except a Floppy drive if you have one. If the 200GB has nothing in it, then it has no partition. If you need help on doing the, the help topics seem to be pretty thorough. You would want to create a partition using a basic volume. As for that being an essay, I think not. You eliminated multiple things with all the info! Very good! __________________ Running : Gigabyte EP45-DS3R, Intel E7200 C2D, 2GB DDR2 Dual Channel, WD Raptor 74GB, WD 500 GB HDD, ASUS 16X DVD-ROM, LiteOn 16X DVD+/-RW, 1.44 MB Floppy, ATI Radeon HD 3450, Dell 2005FPW, and a SB Audigy2 ZS PRO with Logitech Z5300e speakers.

19th Feb 2006, 03:30 AM	#4 (permalink)
zy Dead Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Penang,Malaysia - Buffalo,New York Posts: 12,884 Reputation: 2064 Rep Power: 39	try assigning a drive letter for the 200gb drive first .. using the Disk Management unless you want to format it ? .. __________________ current: P4-3.2\|P4P800-Deluxe\|512x4-DDR\|NV6600 WD2500KS\|WD5000AAKS\|AD-7191A\|1860NX\|Z2300\|MP470 home (malaysia): P4C-2.6@3.1-StockHSF\|AI7\|256x2-BT-D43\|512x2-DT-D43\|A9600XT-VIVO WD1200JB\|2xWD2500KS\|DRU-800A\|DVD-E616P\|LTR-52327S\|152x\|V.S.4121\|iP1500 laptop: M1210\|T7200\|2GBDDR667\|160GB5K160\|GO7400

19th Feb 2006, 02:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
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