igarek77 Posted February 8, 2006 CID Share Posted February 8, 2006 Hi All I have a quick question, I currently have a WinXP machine and the boot hard drive is coming close to being full, so I bought another hard drive from a local computer shop, didn't have a cd or anything, but I just placed it as a slave in my computer and when I go to my computer, the hard drive doesn't shoe up I only have the C: drive. when I go to device manager it says that the device is working properly, but i can't locate it in my computer, and when I went to system set up in BIOS it shows that it's a recognizable hard disk and is configured as slave...[glow=red,2,300]PLEASE HELP [/glow] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattymcbluff Posted February 8, 2006 CID Share Posted February 8, 2006 what kind is it if its a seagate then use the program off there website or go to contral panial and go add new hardware and it will find it and install it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticWolf Posted February 8, 2006 CID Share Posted February 8, 2006 Hmmm did you try going into DOS and see if you can access the drive that way? it might also depend on the disk format... could be old drive NTFS and new drive FAT 32, it won't recoginize it. But if your new drive is NTFS and the old drive FAT 32, it should notice it. But I'm not a computer gurru, so it may be something else. Just thought I'd give you some info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igarek77 Posted February 8, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 8, 2006 it's a Hitachi Deskstar. And I Already tried going through control panel, it scans the computer and tells me that the hard drive is already installed. I can't access it through DOS cause I don't know the drive letter. i'm sure the drive is NTFS but I might be wrong because I don't know if it has been formatted yet........any more suggestions ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticWolf Posted February 8, 2006 CID Share Posted February 8, 2006 I might be wrong but don't you have to partition the hard drive first and then format it...... although they say the hard drive is formated, but not partitioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted February 8, 2006 CID Share Posted February 8, 2006 I am going to cover all the bases. Quick Install Guide Partitioning & Formatting Guide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igarek77 Posted February 8, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 8, 2006 That's what I'm trying to figure out, do I format it through DOS ? I'm kind of new at this, and I thought I ca just plug the hard drive in and it would automatically do whatever's needed ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticWolf Posted February 8, 2006 CID Share Posted February 8, 2006 No you have to partition it and format it... but I see a Mod is helping you out on how to partition and format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted February 8, 2006 CID Share Posted February 8, 2006 Windows XP doesn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igarek77 Posted February 8, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 8, 2006 I'll try the guide, and I'll let you guys know. Thanks ALOT for helping. Just another little question. What if I don't have a startup DISK ? or a WINXP disk that came with that computer ? sorry if it's a dumb question..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted February 8, 2006 CID Share Posted February 8, 2006 Actually, try this! Disk Management Sorry, I totally forgot about it. You actually run this in Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igarek77 Posted February 8, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 8, 2006 Thanks [move]peepnklown[/move] & the rest of the people for the replies.....I appreciate your help. this forum is the best ....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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