Guest c Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Hi all, New here, searched a bit, no on-point posts to be had ... otherwise simple question: I'm running Win XP Pro (sp2) on a basic 250gb western digital drive. Had no problems. It's connected via SATA (SATA power as well). Yesterday I plugged in a second hard drive, a 750gb Samsung. SATA drive w/ SATA power. BIOS sees both hard drives. Device Manager shows 2 hard drives. Windows explorer doesn't ("my computer") show the newer drive, the 750. I can uninstall the 750 from device manager, reboot, and let windows install, but i still can't actually see the drive and work with it. I was hoping to be able to at least see it and format it and then use it. What can i do to get into the new drive? Could power be an issue? Should it have its own connection to the psu, or could it be choked for power (i'm in the process of upgrading my psu to support more fans). I understand older processors had limits to the sizes of hard drives they could read, but my processor is rather new. System specs below, for reference. Thanks very much for all help. c 2.4ghz intel q6600 2gb patriot ddr3 asus p5e3 ws pro mobo geforce 9800 GX2 1gb 250gb WD hdd, non-recognized 750gb samsung hdd ;) Windows XP Pro SP 2, PAE enabled
Guest Ron Badour Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Re: windows XP pro (SP2) not recognizing 750gb hdd? (lil help please?) Have you partitioned the new drive and formatted the partition(s)? -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2008 "c" <smalltalkingchicken@gmail.com> wrote in message news:057f2f1b-631a-4319-ba3c-c984d5776296@l42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... > Hi all, > > New here, searched a bit, no on-point posts to be had ... otherwise > simple question: > > I'm running Win XP Pro (sp2) on a basic 250gb western digital drive. > Had no problems. It's connected via SATA (SATA power as well). > Yesterday I plugged in a second hard drive, a 750gb Samsung. SATA > drive w/ SATA power. > > BIOS sees both hard drives. > > Device Manager shows 2 hard drives. Windows explorer doesn't ("my > computer") show the newer drive, the 750. > > I can uninstall the 750 from device manager, reboot, and let windows > install, but i still can't actually see the drive and work with it. I > was hoping to be able to at least see it and format it and then use > it. > > What can i do to get into the new drive? > > Could power be an issue? Should it have its own connection to the psu, > or could it be choked for power (i'm in the process of upgrading my > psu to support more fans). > > I understand older processors had limits to the sizes of hard drives > they could read, but my processor is rather new. > > System specs below, for reference. Thanks very much for all help. > > c > > 2.4ghz intel q6600 > 2gb patriot ddr3 > asus p5e3 ws pro mobo > geforce 9800 GX2 1gb > 250gb WD hdd, non-recognized 750gb samsung hdd ;) > Windows XP Pro SP 2, PAE enabled
Guest JS Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Re: windows XP pro (SP2) not recognizing 750gb hdd? (lil help please?) To format a new drive go to Disk Management on your Windows PC, 1) Right click on the My Computer icon. 2) Select the Manage option, 3) In the Computer Management window select Disk Management. For more details on formatting see: How to use Disk Management to configure basic disks in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000/en-us Basic Storage Versus Dynamic Storage in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314343 How To Use Disk Management to Configure Dynamic Disks in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308424/ JS "c" <smalltalkingchicken@gmail.com> wrote in message news:057f2f1b-631a-4319-ba3c-c984d5776296@l42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... > Hi all, > > New here, searched a bit, no on-point posts to be had ... otherwise > simple question: > > I'm running Win XP Pro (sp2) on a basic 250gb western digital drive. > Had no problems. It's connected via SATA (SATA power as well). > Yesterday I plugged in a second hard drive, a 750gb Samsung. SATA > drive w/ SATA power. > > BIOS sees both hard drives. > > Device Manager shows 2 hard drives. Windows explorer doesn't ("my > computer") show the newer drive, the 750. > > I can uninstall the 750 from device manager, reboot, and let windows > install, but i still can't actually see the drive and work with it. I > was hoping to be able to at least see it and format it and then use > it. > > What can i do to get into the new drive? > > Could power be an issue? Should it have its own connection to the psu, > or could it be choked for power (i'm in the process of upgrading my > psu to support more fans). > > I understand older processors had limits to the sizes of hard drives > they could read, but my processor is rather new. > > System specs below, for reference. Thanks very much for all help. > > c > > 2.4ghz intel q6600 > 2gb patriot ddr3 > asus p5e3 ws pro mobo > geforce 9800 GX2 1gb > 250gb WD hdd, non-recognized 750gb samsung hdd ;) > Windows XP Pro SP 2, PAE enabled
Guest Terry R. Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Re: windows XP pro (SP2) not recognizing 750gb hdd? (lil help please?) The date and time was 6/26/2008 1:33 PM, and on a whim, c pounded out on the keyboard: > Hi all, > > New here, searched a bit, no on-point posts to be had ... otherwise > simple question: > > I'm running Win XP Pro (sp2) on a basic 250gb western digital drive. > Had no problems. It's connected via SATA (SATA power as well). > Yesterday I plugged in a second hard drive, a 750gb Samsung. SATA > drive w/ SATA power. > > BIOS sees both hard drives. > > Device Manager shows 2 hard drives. Windows explorer doesn't ("my > computer") show the newer drive, the 750. > > I can uninstall the 750 from device manager, reboot, and let windows > install, but i still can't actually see the drive and work with it. I > was hoping to be able to at least see it and format it and then use > it. > > What can i do to get into the new drive? > > Could power be an issue? Should it have its own connection to the psu, > or could it be choked for power (i'm in the process of upgrading my > psu to support more fans). > > I understand older processors had limits to the sizes of hard drives > they could read, but my processor is rather new. > > System specs below, for reference. Thanks very much for all help. > > c > > 2.4ghz intel q6600 > 2gb patriot ddr3 > asus p5e3 ws pro mobo > geforce 9800 GX2 1gb > 250gb WD hdd, non-recognized 750gb samsung hdd ;) > Windows XP Pro SP 2, PAE enabled Hi c, Older processors had limits of hard drives? Click Start, Run, type diskmgmt.msc and click OK. Do you see both there? If so, format the new drive and see if you now see it in Explorer. If not, check your BIOS settings closer. I know the drives are not identical, but there may be some setting preventing them acting independently. -- Terry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
Guest c Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Re: windows XP pro (SP2) not recognizing 750gb hdd? (lil helpplease?) Re: windows XP pro (SP2) not recognizing 750gb hdd? (lil helpplease?) On Jun 26, 4:45 pm, "Ron Badour" <So...@NoAddress.com> wrote: > Have you partitioned the new drive and formatted the partition(s)? > > -- > Regards > no, i can't access the drive to perform a format, and i have not partitioned (due to the same reason)
Guest c Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Re: windows XP pro (SP2) not recognizing 750gb hdd? (lil helpplease?) Re: windows XP pro (SP2) not recognizing 750gb hdd? (lil helpplease?) On Jun 26, 4:51 pm, "JS" <@> wrote: > To format a new drive go to Disk Management on your Windows PC, > 1) Right click on the My Computer icon. > 2) Select the Manage option, > 3) In the Computer Management window select Disk Management. > ah, i'll try that- hope it shows up - thank you > For more details on formatting see: > How to use Disk Management to configure basic disks in Windows XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000/en-us > > Basic Storage Versus Dynamic Storage in Windows XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/314343 > > How To Use Disk Management to Configure Dynamic Disks in Windows XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/308424/ > > JS >
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