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Second Hard Drive not Listed under My Computer
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discboy
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11. November 2005 @ 05:08 |
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Ok So I just installed a 2nd hard drive and turned the pc on. It identified the new hard drive and says its working . Under the device manager it says its there and working properly. However when I look under My Computer its not listed. Does anyone know if I forgot something ? They are both Maxtor. one is 60gb the new one is 300gb. Ed
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discboy
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11. November 2005 @ 05:25 |
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I also ran the program Belarc Advisor and came back with :
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600)
61.49 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
56.97 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space Maxtor 6L300R0 [Hard drive] (300.09 GB) -- drive 1, s/n L611B9FH, rev BAH41G10, SMART Status: Healthy
Maxtor 6Y060L0 [Hard drive] (61.49 GB) -- drive 0, s/n Y23MX8LE, rev YAR41BW0, SMART Status: Healthy
512 Megabytes Installed Memory
1.20 gigahertz Intel Celeron
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Gateway E-1800 4000757
Any type of help would be great ! Ed
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ddp
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11. November 2005 @ 06:18 |
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did you partition & format the drive if it is new??
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discboy
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11. November 2005 @ 06:47 |
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I am not sure what exactly your talking about "partition & format". How do I go about that? Ed
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11. November 2005 @ 07:01 |
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Under Administrators tools, choose Computer Management. On the left side of the mmc console, choose Disk Management. Disk0 is your primary drive (windows drive). There should now be a disk1 (maybe disk2, depending on how your cd drives are hooked up, etc). Look for the new drive, and you should be able to partition and format it here. Windows will not see the drive until it is partitioned and formatted.
Hope this helps.
~Rich
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snipinu
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11. November 2005 @ 07:03 |
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I would also suggest using the ntfs format seems to optomize the hard drive in the windows xp series
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discboy
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11. November 2005 @ 08:46 |
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Could you please tell me where to find "Administrators tools". I am not sure where to start to look for this? Ed
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dbldown11
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11. November 2005 @ 09:04 |
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go to your my computer and right-click on it. select manage and in there you will see a disk management tool. In there you can partition and format your new hard drive.
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discboy
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11. November 2005 @ 09:07 |
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I found it. Its working great now. Thanks for all of your help. Ed
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11. November 2005 @ 09:16 |
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I agree...using NTFS will allow more specifically applied security. You can assign rights at the file level, as opposed to fat which only allows rights assignments by folders. And yes, NTFS has less 'slack' when it comes to file storage. ie. more efficient.
~Rich
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ddp
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11. November 2005 @ 09:47 |
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teach & learn
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discboy
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11. November 2005 @ 11:08 |
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You Folks are Great. Job Well Done ! Ed
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