XP won't recognize new HD

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Trying to install a new HD in this computer. When I attempted to use the XP
set up disk it did not recognize the new drive.

The comp has only a CD drive.

By the way the new drive is a Western Digital. The computer is an HP
Pavilion notebook with 2.8Ghz Celeron. It had a 40GB HD and I installing a
60GB HD. Computer is about 18 months old.

Jim
 
Make sure you have enabled the primary slave, secondary master and slave
option in BIOS. Chk more with the computer mfr site how to change BIOS option

Raj
 
If you add a harddrive you do not need to do anything to get Winxp to
recognize it.

But do have to have it physical configured properly.
This involves setting the pins on the harddrive. You need to look at
the harddrive and determine the location of the pin locations. In
most case it is locate on the end of the unit near the power
connector.
You also will find instructions on how to set the pins.

The choices should be Master, Slave and Cable choice.

There two way of using the pins.
One is the use of Master and slave harddrive by using the pins
settings.

The second also uses the pins and a 80 wire cable. Set to Cable Choice
and the first drive connected being the Master and the second being
the Slave.

In both case you need to change the setting. Most new harddrive are
sent out being set as Master.

So get the drive and set the pins to which way you want to do it.
One additional thing might be needed, that is you go into you BIOS
and enable the drive. However in most case the drive usual are set
to Automactic detect.

Good Luck
 
jcgc50 said:
Trying to install a new HD in this computer. When I attempted to use the XP
set up disk it did not recognize the new drive.

The comp has only a CD drive.

By the way the new drive is a Western Digital. The computer is an HP
Pavilion notebook with 2.8Ghz Celeron. It had a 40GB HD and I installing a
60GB HD. Computer is about 18 months old.

Jim
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This is a bios / hardware issue, not an XP issue. Check in the BIOS and
post to a hardware group if you need more help.
 
XP does not recognize the new drive, or XP "setup" doesn't recognize the
drive. If it is the latter, you have a hardware or bios issue.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Richard Urban said:
XP does not recognize the new drive, or XP "setup" doesn't recognize the
drive. If it is the latter, you have a hardware or bios issue.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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Thanks for the replys. Have checked BIOS and there are no settings to
changed to enable drive recognition.

Have spoken with Western Digital and appears to be a problem with the drive.
 
jcgc50 said:
Trying to install a new HD in this computer. When I attempted to use the XP
set up disk it did not recognize the new drive.
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Set the jumper settings correctly. If you're using 80 conductor cables,
learn about cable select mode.
 
I take it you removed the 40GB hard drive. And, now you are attempting to
hardware install the 60GB hard drive in its place.

If its on the same cable as the CD drive, it should be jumpered master, and
only if the CD drive is jumpered as slave. If the CD drive is not on the
same ide cable, the WD hard drive should be jumpered master alone, not
master. If the CD drive is jumpered cable select, and on the same ide cable
as the hard drive, the hard drive should be jumpered cable select as well.
 
Before I die--I hope--some bright guy (probably
at Google) will devise a methodolgy to eliminate
the stupid jumpers on hard drives. It would be
much easier to press a small master/slave button on
the drive's case than to spend an hour trying to move
those tiny jumpers around.
 
Uncle Joe said:
Before I die--I hope--some bright guy (probably
at Google) will devise a methodolgy to eliminate
the stupid jumpers on hard drives. It would be
much easier to press a small master/slave button on
the drive's case than to spend an hour trying to move
those tiny jumpers around.
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You've got a point. Maybe we should go back to DIP switches?
 
On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:33:29 -0400, "Uncle Joe" <Uncle
Before I die--I hope--some bright guy (probably
at Google) will devise a methodolgy to eliminate
the stupid jumpers on hard drives. It would be
much easier to press a small master/slave button on
the drive's case than to spend an hour trying to move
those tiny jumpers around.
Click to expand...

Your wish is granted. SATA does not use jumpers.
 
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