Just added a second HD as a Slave connected on same ribbon as Master on
Primary. Bios is set to Auto detect.
I shows in Device Manager but as 76348MB, does not show in My Computer or
Win Explorer. How do I find it so it can be formated?

XP Pro on 13Gig master
Asus A7V8X-X MB AMD 2200+ Processor
1 Gig DDR
Both HD are Samsung (new is SP0802N) Jumpers set to Slave.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Al in WA

restart your computer go into your BIOS and set your
slave drive as your first boot device
>-----Original Message-----
>Just added a second HD as a Slave connected on same
ribbon as Master on
>Primary. Bios is set to Auto detect.
>I shows in Device Manager but as 76348MB, does not show
in My Computer or
>Win Explorer. How do I find it so it can be formated?
>
>XP Pro on 13Gig master
>Asus A7V8X-X MB AMD 2200+ Processor
>1 Gig DDR
>Both HD are Samsung (new is SP0802N) Jumpers set to
Slave.
>Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>Al in WA
>
>
>.
>

O-K, set the new 80G as 1st boot device and saved. That just told me there
was no OS. It did show as C: but no way to format. ?? I think I'm missing
something. First time I have ever tried setting up a slave HD.
Al
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> restart your computer go into your BIOS and set your
> slave drive as your first boot device
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Just added a second HD as a Slave connected on same
> ribbon as Master on
> >Primary. Bios is set to Auto detect.
> >I shows in Device Manager but as 76348MB, does not show
> in My Computer or
> >Win Explorer. How do I find it so it can be formated?
> >
> >XP Pro on 13Gig master
> >Asus A7V8X-X MB AMD 2200+ Processor
> >1 Gig DDR
> >Both HD are Samsung (new is SP0802N) Jumpers set to
> Slave.
> >Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> >Al in WA
> >
> >
> >.
> >

"Al Miller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:TP-(E-Mail Removed)...
> O-K, set the new 80G as 1st boot device and saved. That just told me
there
> was no OS. It did show as C: but no way to format. ?? I think I'm
missing
> something. First time I have ever tried setting up a slave HD.
> Al

Go back to your BIOS and undo the change you made. Setting an empty drive as
"first boot device" makes no sense. The drive with your operating system on
it is the one you boot to.

Reboot the computer and go into disk management (Right click "My Computer"
and choose manage or go to start> run and type in compmgmt.msc) to partition
and format the new drive.

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D

I'm not an MVP a VIP nor do I have ESP.
I was just trying to help.
Please use your own best judgment before implementing any suggestions or
advice herein.
No warranty is expressed or implied.
Your mileage may vary.
See store for details.

Remove shoes to E-mail.

That worked! Gee, I'm still learning at 66.
Thank you very much.
Al

"HillBillyBuddhist" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> "Al Miller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:TP-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > O-K, set the new 80G as 1st boot device and saved. That just told me
> there
> > was no OS. It did show as C: but no way to format. ?? I think I'm
> missing
> > something. First time I have ever tried setting up a slave HD.
> > Al
>
> Go back to your BIOS and undo the change you made. Setting an empty drive
as
> "first boot device" makes no sense. The drive with your operating system
on
> it is the one you boot to.
>
> Reboot the computer and go into disk management (Right click "My Computer"
> and choose manage or go to start> run and type in compmgmt.msc) to
partition
> and format the new drive.
>
> --
> D
>
> I'm not an MVP a VIP nor do I have ESP.
> I was just trying to help.
> Please use your own best judgment before implementing any suggestions or
> advice herein.
> No warranty is expressed or implied.
> Your mileage may vary.
> See store for details.
>
> Remove shoes to E-mail.
>
>

"Al Miller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> That worked! Gee, I'm still learning at 66.
> Thank you very much.
> Al
>

No problem. Glad you got it sorted out.

--
D

Remove shoes to E-mail.

Why would he want to try to boot off an added slave drive that hasn't been
partitioned or formatted?

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1181401c41054$dd231e20$(E-Mail Removed)...
> restart your computer go into your BIOS and set your
> slave drive as your first boot device
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Just added a second HD as a Slave connected on same
> ribbon as Master on
> >Primary. Bios is set to Auto detect.
> >I shows in Device Manager but as 76348MB, does not show
> in My Computer or
> >Win Explorer. How do I find it so it can be formated?
> >
> >XP Pro on 13Gig master
> >Asus A7V8X-X MB AMD 2200+ Processor
> >1 Gig DDR
> >Both HD are Samsung (new is SP0802N) Jumpers set to
> Slave.
> >Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> >Al in WA
> >
> >
> >.
> >
>