HD Has Gone Missing (Re:)

[Illinois Fritz]

(I can't find the original post on Google, so am posting this way)

To: (e-mail address removed)

I installed a second HD with Windows XP. It's recognized everywhere

in
the system except the "My Computer" folder on the main drive [C:].
It's
not there. In the "My Computer" folder on the new drive, it's labeled
[D:]
and everywhere else it's identified as [F:]. This is a puzzlement.
I'm not
sure I could explain this to Dell Support, so I'm filing here. Any
advice
would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Can you explain how you installed it? Is it on Pri or Sec IDE cable,
how is it jumpered, etc.

Also, you said 'installed a second HD with Windows XP': do you mean
the 2nd (new) drive has WinXP installed on it, or you have XP on your
C: drive and installed a new drive?

A second (physical) drive willa lmost always be recognized as D: drive
by the system... Why your system is calling it F: is confusing.

Let us know what your other drives are (type and drive letter)... this
might give some hints.

Fritz216

 

[D.Currie]

(I can't find the original post on Google, so am posting this way)

To: (e-mail address removed)

I installed a second HD with Windows XP. It's recognized everywhere

in
the system except the "My Computer" folder on the main drive [C:].
It's
not there. In the "My Computer" folder on the new drive, it's labeled
[D:]
and everywhere else it's identified as [F:]. This is a puzzlement.
I'm not
sure I could explain this to Dell Support, so I'm filing here. Any
advice
would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Can you explain how you installed it? Is it on Pri or Sec IDE cable,
how is it jumpered, etc.

Also, you said 'installed a second HD with Windows XP': do you mean
the 2nd (new) drive has WinXP installed on it, or you have XP on your
C: drive and installed a new drive?

A second (physical) drive willa lmost always be recognized as D: drive
by the system... Why your system is calling it F: is confusing.

Let us know what your other drives are (type and drive letter)... this
might give some hints.

Fritz216

If you're trying to help this person, it's doubtful they'd ever read this
post as it's not in the same thread as their question. Nice try, though.

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----

(I can't find the original post on Google, so am posting this way)

To: (e-mail address removed)

I installed a second HD with Windows XP. It's

recognized everywhere
in
the system except the "My Computer" folder on the main drive [C:].
It's
not there. In the "My Computer" folder on the new drive, it's labeled
[D:]
and everywhere else it's identified as [F:]. This is a puzzlement.
I'm not
sure I could explain this to Dell Support, so I'm filing here. Any
advice
would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Can you explain how you installed it? Is it on Pri or Sec IDE cable,
how is it jumpered, etc.

Also, you said 'installed a second HD with Windows XP': do you mean
the 2nd (new) drive has WinXP installed on it, or you have XP on your
C: drive and installed a new drive?

A second (physical) drive willa lmost always be recognized as D: drive
by the system... Why your system is calling it F: is confusing.

Let us know what your other drives are (type and drive letter)... this
might give some hints.

Fritz216

If you're trying to help this person, it's doubtful they'd ever read this
post as it's not in the same thread as their question. Nice try, though.


.
Is they both bootable?If so dare may be an conflickt

with the 2 drives.it will show the 1 your working with as
a different drive letter.not showing cuz it's recognizing
it as one.call dell there helps you understand,that's
what there their four.H/P helped me out with mine.
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