Guest Ivan Posted August 20, 2007 Posted August 20, 2007 Hi Problem with my new 320gig hdd Seagate I have a current 120gig maxtor hardrive, I put the 320gig as slave and when i go to POST screen it shows it there as slave but when i go to my computer it doesnt show the hardrive only the current one anyone know why its there but not once the computer starts
Guest Anando [MVP] Posted August 20, 2007 Posted August 20, 2007 Re: Hard Drive problem Hello Ivan, You might have to go into administrative tools/Disk management to format the new hard drive and create partitions on it. Thereafter it should show up under My Computer. -- Anando Microsoft MVP- Windows Shell/User http://www.microsoft.com/mvp My Blog http://www.anando.org/blog "Ivan" <Ivan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E5A20B8D-3874-49ED-83CA-8C5B006A6A8C@microsoft.com... > Hi > Problem with my new 320gig hdd Seagate > > I have a current 120gig maxtor hardrive, > I put the 320gig as slave and when i go to POST screen it shows it there as > slave but when i go to my computer it doesnt show the hardrive only the > current one > > anyone know why its there but not once the computer starts
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 20, 2007 Posted August 20, 2007 Re: Hard Drive problem Run compmgmt.msc. Click on Disk Management. Partition the new drive and format the partition(s). -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Ivan" <Ivan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E5A20B8D-3874-49ED-83CA-8C5B006A6A8C@microsoft.com... > Hi > Problem with my new 320gig hdd Seagate > > I have a current 120gig maxtor hardrive, > I put the 320gig as slave and when i go to POST screen it shows it there > as > slave but when i go to my computer it doesnt show the hardrive only the > current one > > anyone know why its there but not once the computer starts
Guest Lil' Dave Posted August 20, 2007 Posted August 20, 2007 Re: Hard Drive problem "Ivan" <Ivan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E5A20B8D-3874-49ED-83CA-8C5B006A6A8C@microsoft.com... > Hi > Problem with my new 320gig hdd Seagate > > I have a current 120gig maxtor hardrive, > I put the 320gig as slave and when i go to POST screen it shows it there > as > slave but when i go to my computer it doesnt show the hardrive only the > current one > > anyone know why its there but not once the computer starts Power on self-test (POST) has nothing to do with the bios summary of established hard drive(s) recognized by the bios. POST normally occurs before RAM count. Some cues are the keyboard may lightup, and you may hear a single beep. (The single beep, if not heard if normally heard, is a cue of a problem). More audible beeps is more of a problem. "My Computer" is sourced from windows explorer. Its examining roots of partitions/cd and dvd drive media/external drive partitions/ etc., not hard drives per se. You can open windows explorer directly with start/all programs/accessories/windows explorer. You can blame Microsoft on the wording of "drive". In that specific case, they mean partition. The partition must exist on an added hard drive for recognition by windows explorer. Simply adding a new hard drive does not perform this function of creating and formatting a partition on a newly added hard drive. As I'm sure you'll agree, a partition is by no means a drive by any manner, shape, or form. Dave
Guest Lil' Dave Posted August 20, 2007 Posted August 20, 2007 Re: Hard Drive problem Gary, You forget XP automatically runs a format on created partitions. Dave "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message news:ucAZfTt4HHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Run compmgmt.msc. Click on Disk Management. Partition the new drive and > format the partition(s). > > -- > Gary S. Terhune > MS-MVP Shell/User > http://www.grystmill.com > > "Ivan" <Ivan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:E5A20B8D-3874-49ED-83CA-8C5B006A6A8C@microsoft.com... >> Hi >> Problem with my new 320gig hdd Seagate >> >> I have a current 120gig maxtor hardrive, >> I put the 320gig as slave and when i go to POST screen it shows it there >> as >> slave but when i go to my computer it doesnt show the hardrive only the >> current one >> >> anyone know why its there but not once the computer starts > >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 20, 2007 Posted August 20, 2007 Re: Hard Drive problem Yup, I did. I so seldom use XP to do my partitioning. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message news:Orltgtt4HHA.2108@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Gary, > You forget XP automatically runs a format on created partitions. > Dave > "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message > news:ucAZfTt4HHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Run compmgmt.msc. Click on Disk Management. Partition the new drive and >> format the partition(s). >> >> -- >> Gary S. Terhune >> MS-MVP Shell/User >> http://www.grystmill.com >> >> "Ivan" <Ivan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:E5A20B8D-3874-49ED-83CA-8C5B006A6A8C@microsoft.com... >>> Hi >>> Problem with my new 320gig hdd Seagate >>> >>> I have a current 120gig maxtor hardrive, >>> I put the 320gig as slave and when i go to POST screen it shows it there >>> as >>> slave but when i go to my computer it doesnt show the hardrive only the >>> current one >>> >>> anyone know why its there but not once the computer starts >> >> > >
Guest Lil' Dave Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: Hard Drive problem Partition Commander here at boot time, and on floppy if I need it. System Commander here as boot manager, a trouble for many newer cloning and imaging programs. Still no problem with old DriveImage 7. Imagine that. Dave "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message news:%23To250u4HHA.5880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Yup, I did. I so seldom use XP to do my partitioning. > > -- > Gary S. Terhune > MS-MVP Shell/User > http://www.grystmill.com > > "Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message > news:Orltgtt4HHA.2108@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Gary, >> You forget XP automatically runs a format on created partitions. >> Dave >> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message >> news:ucAZfTt4HHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> Run compmgmt.msc. Click on Disk Management. Partition the new drive and >>> format the partition(s). >>> >>> -- >>> Gary S. Terhune >>> MS-MVP Shell/User >>> http://www.grystmill.com >>> >>> "Ivan" <Ivan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>> news:E5A20B8D-3874-49ED-83CA-8C5B006A6A8C@microsoft.com... >>>> Hi >>>> Problem with my new 320gig hdd Seagate >>>> >>>> I have a current 120gig maxtor hardrive, >>>> I put the 320gig as slave and when i go to POST screen it shows it >>>> there as >>>> slave but when i go to my computer it doesnt show the hardrive only the >>>> current one >>>> >>>> anyone know why its there but not once the computer starts >>> >>> >> >> > >
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