Missing harddrive

[Ric Thomas]

I just did a fresh install of Win XP Pro. Here's the issue: I have two
Maxtor 200Gb PATA harddrives installed; i.e. master/slave. Windows loaded
great, all of my drivers are there but when you pull My Computer, it only
shows the C: drive, no other harddrives shown. The strange part, both
drives are listed in device manager. How do I get Windows to show the 2nd
drive so that I can format it and use it for additional storage? Any help
is appreciated. Thanks.

 

[peter]

you need to go to Control Panel/admin tools/computer management/disk
management...and format the drive there

peter

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I just did a fresh install of Win XP Pro. Here's the issue: I have two
Maxtor 200Gb PATA harddrives installed; i.e. master/slave. Windows loaded
great, all of my drivers are there but when you pull My Computer, it only
shows the C: drive, no other harddrives shown. The strange part, both
drives are listed in device manager.

Not strange at all. Windows sees the drive, but My Computer can't show
it because it doesn't have a drive letter yet.

How do I get Windows to show the 2nd
drive so that I can format it and use it for additional storage? Any help
is appreciated. Thanks.

Format it in Computer Management | Disk Management. That will give it
a drive letter and let My Computer show it.