New hard drive isn't there! - Club CDFreaks

Garybrown02 · 11-10-2004

I have just installed a brand new Western Digital 160gb hard drive. When I boot the computer up or got into the BIOS it shows that it has been recognised. Once Windows has finished loading it's not under My Computer, Windows Explorer or anywhere else I've looked.

*iss* · 11-10-2004

what OS and what are your system's spec's?

is this a single hard drive system or was this hard drive added?

if it is a second added hard drive check the jumpers to make sure that one har drive is master and the other is slave.

if it is a single hard drive setup and there is nothing on the IDE ribbon with the drive. I would suggest removing the jumper altogether. I have installed several of the newer WD drives in system's lately and found that they usually dont like being jumpered if they are the only drive.

Garybrown02 · 11-10-2004

It's a second hard drive and it is set to slave. The main drive is a 40gb and is set to master. It comes up in the BIOS as slave and it's in the device manager, but not in My Computer.

Chugger · 11-10-2004

Did you format the drive?

Garybrown02 · 11-10-2004

No, I was going to format the drive from windows.

Chugger · 11-10-2004

In XP it's:

Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management

Right click the new drive and select format.

11-10-2004	#1 (permalink)
Garybrown02 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Blighty Posts: 373	New hard drive isn't there! I have just installed a brand new Western Digital 160gb hard drive. When I boot the computer up or got into the BIOS it shows that it has been recognised. Once Windows has finished loading it's not under My Computer, Windows Explorer or anywhere else I've looked.

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iss CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 975	Re: New hard drive isn't there! what OS and what are your system's spec's? is this a single hard drive system or was this hard drive added? if it is a second added hard drive check the jumpers to make sure that one har drive is master and the other is slave. if it is a single hard drive setup and there is nothing on the IDE ribbon with the drive. I would suggest removing the jumper altogether. I have installed several of the newer WD drives in system's lately and found that they usually dont like being jumpered if they are the only drive. __________________ We all do no end of feeling and some mistake it for thinking --- Mark Twain

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Garybrown02 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Blighty Posts: 373	Re: New hard drive isn't there! It's a second hard drive and it is set to slave. The main drive is a 40gb and is set to master. It comes up in the BIOS as slave and it's in the device manager, but not in My Computer.

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Chugger CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Central Ohio Posts: 71	Re: New hard drive isn't there! Did you format the drive?

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Garybrown02 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Blighty Posts: 373	Re: New hard drive isn't there! No, I was going to format the drive from windows.

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Chugger CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Central Ohio Posts: 71	Re: New hard drive isn't there! In XP it's: Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management Right click the new drive and select format.

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