5th eide device

[chris]

I've added a 5th eide device to my xp pro system (on apci
ATA controller). bios and device manager see it fine; can
anyone pls tell me what do i have to do to get windows to
see it.


thanks!

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

Format?

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

What type of device is it? Hard disk? CD-ROM?

 

[PCyr]

It will still see it.

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[Alex Nichol]

've added a 5th eide device to my xp pro system (on apci
ATA controller). bios and device manager see it fine; can
anyone pls tell me what do i have to do to get windows to
see it.

If device manager sees it, then presumably you mean you are not seeing
it in My Computer, and it is a hard drive? If so, Control Panel - Admin
Tools - Computer Management, select Disk Management and look lower right
for the graphic of the drive. R-click in the unallocated space,
Create Partition (probably using the whole thing, but think first) and
go on to format. A disk drive that is not formatted for use in Windows
will not be seen.