Thank you for being a valued part of the CNET community. As of December 1, 2020, the forums are in read-only format. In early 2021, CNET Forums will no longer be available. We are grateful for the participation and advice you have provided to one another over the years.

Thanks,

CNET Support

General discussion

New HDD not recognised

by the2boys Jun 6, 2005 7:54PM PDT

Hi Guys,
I have just installed a second SATA HDD. It is recognised in BIOS and RAID setup utility, however, it does not appear in XP explorer. It is present in device manager which states it is working properly. How do I get it to appear in 'my computer'? I have never encountered this problem before when I've installed a HDD. I have updated my nvidia drivers, but to no avail.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Grant Happy

Discussion is locked

3 Posts
- Collapse + Expand Details
- Collapse -
Drive letters
by AussiePete Jun 6, 2005 9:06PM PDT

If you have tweakUi make sure you haven't got the 1/ drive letter it is using disabled.
In device manager try changing the drive letter.
3/ unplug your CDROMs and only have the systems HD and see if explorer recognises it then.
4/ Also change your other non systems drive like your CDROM to drive X and Y.
5/ If it is a secondary boot disk make sure it is made "active".

In other words make sure it has access to a drive letter which is next in line to your boot (systems) Hdisk.
Peter

- Collapse -
(NT) (NT) Have you partitioned and formatted it?
by Yew Jun 6, 2005 9:19PM PDT
- Collapse -
New HDD not recognised
by the2boys Jun 6, 2005 9:33PM PDT

Thanks guys. Between the two of you I have sorted out the problem.
You guys out there are great.
Many thanks,
Grant Happy

Back to Windows Legacy OS forum

CNET Forums

Operating Systems
Software
Electronics & Gadgets
Hardware
Tablets & Mobile Devices
General Help
Brand Forums
Roadshow Autos
Off Topic

Other Forums

Forum Info