Hard Drive problem

[Guest]

Hi
Problem with my new 320gig hdd Seagate

I have a current 120gig maxtor hardrive,
I put the 320gig as slave and when i go to POST screen it shows it there as
slave but when i go to my computer it doesnt show the hardrive only the
current one

anyone know why its there but not once the computer starts

 

[Anando [MVP]]

Hello Ivan,

You might have to go into administrative tools/Disk management to format the new hard drive and
create partitions on it. Thereafter it should show up under My Computer.

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[Gary S. Terhune]

Run compmgmt.msc. Click on Disk Management. Partition the new drive and
format the partition(s).

 

[Lil' Dave]

Hi
Problem with my new 320gig hdd Seagate

I have a current 120gig maxtor hardrive,
I put the 320gig as slave and when i go to POST screen it shows it there
as
slave but when i go to my computer it doesnt show the hardrive only the
current one

anyone know why its there but not once the computer starts

Power on self-test (POST) has nothing to do with the bios summary of
established hard drive(s) recognized by the bios. POST normally occurs
before RAM count. Some cues are the keyboard may lightup, and you may hear
a single beep. (The single beep, if not heard if normally heard, is a cue
of a problem). More audible beeps is more of a problem.

"My Computer" is sourced from windows explorer. Its examining roots of
partitions/cd and dvd drive media/external drive partitions/ etc., not hard
drives per se. You can open windows explorer directly with start/all
programs/accessories/windows explorer. You can blame Microsoft on the
wording of "drive". In that specific case, they mean partition. The
partition must exist on an added hard drive for recognition by windows
explorer. Simply adding a new hard drive does not perform this function of
creating and formatting a partition on a newly added hard drive. As I'm
sure you'll agree, a partition is by no means a drive by any manner, shape,
or form.
Dave

 

[Lil' Dave]

Gary,
You forget XP automatically runs a format on created partitions.
Dave

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Yup, I did. I so seldom use XP to do my partitioning.

 

[Lil' Dave]

Partition Commander here at boot time, and on floppy if I need it.

System Commander here as boot manager, a trouble for many newer cloning and
imaging programs. Still no problem with old DriveImage 7. Imagine that.
Dave