Installing second SATA

[elorahd]

I've just installed a second SATA drive on my computer. It recognizes
it on bootup. It recognizes it in Device Manager (XP). But I can't get
it to come up in 'My Computer' so I can access it and transfer files.
What gives?

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

I've just installed a second SATA drive on my computer. It recognizes
it on bootup. It recognizes it in Device Manager (XP). But I can't
get it to come up in 'My Computer' so I can access it and transfer
files. What gives?

Has it been formatted and assigned a drive letter? It won't appear under My
Computer unless both of these conditions are met (well it needs a drive
letter that's for certain - it may then appear and be detailed as 'RAW' or
'unformatted').

 

[John Smith]

Open 'control panel', 'Administrative tools", 'Computer
management','Storage',
'disk management', disk should be there. Rght click on the disk and
partition and format it.

 

[Andy]

Windows Explorer will only show valid partitions, so minimally the new
drive has to be partitioned. To do that use XP's Disk Management
utility.

 

[WebWalker]

I've just installed a second SATA drive on my computer. It recognizes
it on bootup. It recognizes it in Device Manager (XP). But I can't get
it to come up in 'My Computer' so I can access it and transfer files.
What gives?

Any new drive need to be partitioned and formatted before you can use
it.