I have just installed XP Pro on a New Hard Drive. I have two hard drives
installed.
Both drives are showing in Bios, Both drives are showing in Device Mgr. But
when I go to My Computer the second drive does not show.
I tried deleting the drive in Device Mgr & doing 'ADD Hardware' the drive is
found w/ no error messages, but still can not see in My Computer.
This second drive was seen and working fine with my old 'C' drive.
HELP
Thanks,
Paul

On May 7, 11:02 am, Paul <P...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I have just installed XP Pro on a New Hard Drive. I have two hard drives
> installed.
> Both drives are showing in Bios, Both drives are showing in Device Mgr. But
> when I go to My Computer the second drive does not show.
> I tried deleting the drive in Device Mgr & doing 'ADD Hardware' the drive is
> found w/ no error messages, but still can not see in My Computer.
> This second drive was seen and working fine with my old 'C' drive.
> HELP
> Thanks,
> Paul

the 2nd drive must be formatted first before it can be seen in
windows, from a command prompt can you access it by letter (ie win>cd
d? you will need to fdisk d: (or whatever the drive letter is)

Flamer.

This drive has data on it. It worked finewith my old 'C" drive. But when I
installed my new 'C' drive XP does not see it even though everywhere I look
(except My Computer) the system sees it.

"flamer (E-Mail Removed)" wrote:

> On May 7, 11:02 am, Paul <P...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > I have just installed XP Pro on a New Hard Drive. I have two hard drives
> > installed.
> > Both drives are showing in Bios, Both drives are showing in Device Mgr. But
> > when I go to My Computer the second drive does not show.
> > I tried deleting the drive in Device Mgr & doing 'ADD Hardware' the drive is
> > found w/ no error messages, but still can not see in My Computer.
> > This second drive was seen and working fine with my old 'C' drive.
> > HELP
> > Thanks,
> > Paul
>
> the 2nd drive must be formatted first before it can be seen in
> windows, from a command prompt can you access it by letter (ie win>cd
> d? you will need to fdisk d: (or whatever the drive letter is)
>
> Flamer.
>
>

"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>I have just installed XP Pro on a New Hard Drive. I have two hard drives
> installed.
> Both drives are showing in Bios, Both drives are showing in Device Mgr.
> But
> when I go to My Computer the second drive does not show.
> I tried deleting the drive in Device Mgr & doing 'ADD Hardware' the drive
> is
> found w/ no error messages, but still can not see in My Computer.
> This second drive was seen and working fine with my old 'C' drive.


Right click My Computer | Manage | Disk Management. What shows in the
right pane? Is the drive listed? Is a drive letter assigned to it? If not
right click on the volume in the right pane and assign a drive letter.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Tried your sugest. - 'Change Drive Letter is grayed out' and can not be
changed.
Help


"Rock" wrote:

> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
> >I have just installed XP Pro on a New Hard Drive. I have two hard drives
> > installed.
> > Both drives are showing in Bios, Both drives are showing in Device Mgr.
> > But
> > when I go to My Computer the second drive does not show.
> > I tried deleting the drive in Device Mgr & doing 'ADD Hardware' the drive
> > is
> > found w/ no error messages, but still can not see in My Computer.
> > This second drive was seen and working fine with my old 'C' drive.
>
>
> Right click My Computer | Manage | Disk Management. What shows in the
> right pane? Is the drive listed? Is a drive letter assigned to it? If not
> right click on the volume in the right pane and assign a drive letter.
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
>

"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:AFACCB8B-C37D-4C58-943B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Tried your sugest. - 'Change Drive Letter is grayed out' and can not be
> changed.
> Help
>
>
> "Rock" wrote:
>
>> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>> >I have just installed XP Pro on a New Hard Drive. I have two hard
>> >drives
>> > installed.
>> > Both drives are showing in Bios, Both drives are showing in Device Mgr.
>> > But
>> > when I go to My Computer the second drive does not show.
>> > I tried deleting the drive in Device Mgr & doing 'ADD Hardware' the
>> > drive
>> > is
>> > found w/ no error messages, but still can not see in My Computer.
>> > This second drive was seen and working fine with my old 'C' drive.
>>
>>
>> Right click My Computer | Manage | Disk Management. What shows in the
>> right pane? Is the drive listed? Is a drive letter assigned to it? If
>> not
>> right click on the volume in the right pane and assign a drive letter.


How is the drive described in Disk Management?

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Rock,

Slave Drive - Partiion - Basic - Fat32 - Healthy (Active)

Is this what you were asking for?
Thanks,


"Rock" wrote:

> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:AFACCB8B-C37D-4C58-943B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Tried your sugest. - 'Change Drive Letter is grayed out' and can not be
> > changed.
> > Help
> >
> >
> > "Rock" wrote:
> >
> >> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
> >> >I have just installed XP Pro on a New Hard Drive. I have two hard
> >> >drives
> >> > installed.
> >> > Both drives are showing in Bios, Both drives are showing in Device Mgr.
> >> > But
> >> > when I go to My Computer the second drive does not show.
> >> > I tried deleting the drive in Device Mgr & doing 'ADD Hardware' the
> >> > drive
> >> > is
> >> > found w/ no error messages, but still can not see in My Computer.
> >> > This second drive was seen and working fine with my old 'C' drive.
> >>
> >>
> >> Right click My Computer | Manage | Disk Management. What shows in the
> >> right pane? Is the drive listed? Is a drive letter assigned to it? If
> >> not
> >> right click on the volume in the right pane and assign a drive letter.
>
>
> How is the drive described in Disk Management?
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
>

>> >> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>> >> >I have just installed XP Pro on a New Hard Drive. I have two hard
>> >> >drives installed.
>> >> > Both drives are showing in Bios, Both drives are showing in Device
>> >> > Mgr.
>> >> > But
>> >> > when I go to My Computer the second drive does not show.
>> >> > I tried deleting the drive in Device Mgr & doing 'ADD Hardware' the
>> >> > drive is found w/ no error messages, but still can not see in My
>> >> > Computer.
>> >> > This second drive was seen and working fine with my old 'C' drive.


>> > "Rock" wrote:
>> >> Right click My Computer | Manage | Disk Management. What shows in
>> >> the
>> >> right pane? Is the drive listed? Is a drive letter assigned to it?
>> >> If
>> >> not
>> >> right click on the volume in the right pane and assign a drive letter.
>>
>> How is the drive described in Disk Management?
>> --
>> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]


>> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:AFACCB8B-C37D-4C58-943B-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Tried your sugest. - 'Change Drive Letter is grayed out' and can not be
>> > changed.

> Slave Drive - Partiion - Basic - Fat32 - Healthy (Active)
>
> Is this what you were asking for?



Paul:
Try this...

1. Shut down your machine and disconnect that second HDD from the system.
2. Boot to your boot drive with *only* that HDD connected.
3. Shut down the machine and reconnect the secondary HDD. Make absolutely
sure that you've jumpered it correctly and that the data (signal) cable &
power connector are securely connected.
4. Boot. Hopefully the secondary HDD will be detected with a drive letter
assignment. If not, access Disk Management and see if you can now assign a
drive letter assignment to that drive.

If still no go...

Could you try connecting the drive to another IDE connector? (I'm assuming
we're dealing with a PATA and not an SATA HDD, right?)

Do you have another IDE data cable handy?

In Disk Management - Action > Rescan Disks.
Anna

Anna,
No Luck - The ribbin connect is part of a three connect string.
This was working before I changed drives. Why if disk can be seen by all,
but in 'My Computer'?

"Anna" wrote:

>
> >> >> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
> >> >> >I have just installed XP Pro on a New Hard Drive. I have two hard
> >> >> >drives installed.
> >> >> > Both drives are showing in Bios, Both drives are showing in Device
> >> >> > Mgr.
> >> >> > But
> >> >> > when I go to My Computer the second drive does not show.
> >> >> > I tried deleting the drive in Device Mgr & doing 'ADD Hardware' the
> >> >> > drive is found w/ no error messages, but still can not see in My
> >> >> > Computer.
> >> >> > This second drive was seen and working fine with my old 'C' drive.
>
>
> >> > "Rock" wrote:
> >> >> Right click My Computer | Manage | Disk Management. What shows in
> >> >> the
> >> >> right pane? Is the drive listed? Is a drive letter assigned to it?
> >> >> If
> >> >> not
> >> >> right click on the volume in the right pane and assign a drive letter.
> >>
> >> How is the drive described in Disk Management?
> >> --
> >> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
>
> >> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:AFACCB8B-C37D-4C58-943B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > Tried your sugest. - 'Change Drive Letter is grayed out' and can not be
> >> > changed.
>
> > Slave Drive - Partiion - Basic - Fat32 - Healthy (Active)
> >
> > Is this what you were asking for?
>
>
>
> Paul:
> Try this...
>
> 1. Shut down your machine and disconnect that second HDD from the system.
> 2. Boot to your boot drive with *only* that HDD connected.
> 3. Shut down the machine and reconnect the secondary HDD. Make absolutely
> sure that you've jumpered it correctly and that the data (signal) cable &
> power connector are securely connected.
> 4. Boot. Hopefully the secondary HDD will be detected with a drive letter
> assignment. If not, access Disk Management and see if you can now assign a
> drive letter assignment to that drive.
>
> If still no go...
>
> Could you try connecting the drive to another IDE connector? (I'm assuming
> we're dealing with a PATA and not an SATA HDD, right?)
>
> Do you have another IDE data cable handy?
>
> In Disk Management - Action > Rescan Disks.
> Anna
>
>
>

How old is the onboard bios of the PC the second hard drive added originally
was contained in?

--
Dave

Apathy and denial are close cousins
"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:82E40BB1-173E-45BB-8444-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have just installed XP Pro on a New Hard Drive. I have two hard drives
> installed.
> Both drives are showing in Bios, Both drives are showing in Device Mgr.
> But
> when I go to My Computer the second drive does not show.
> I tried deleting the drive in Device Mgr & doing 'ADD Hardware' the drive
> is
> found w/ no error messages, but still can not see in My Computer.
> This second drive was seen and working fine with my old 'C' drive.
> HELP
> Thanks,
> Paul