Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here
User User name Password  
  Not registered yet? Register here.
Lost your password? Click here. 		 
  Home   News   Guides   Downloads   Glossary   Hardware   Profiles   Forums   v4  
 Advertise at AfterDawn.com     Link to us!     Private messages     Compose a private message     List of all updated threads     Threads without replies     Search messages
Sunday 21.12.2025 / 18:23
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > pc hardware > building a new pc > hard drive config
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
hard drive config
  Jump to:
 
Posted Message
hoddey
Member
_ 		10. April 2008 @ 14:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i have a p5k motherboard with two 250gb hardrives installed what i wont to do is install a western digital 500gb but when i install it dose not come up on my computer but it dose on bios so i fort i try formating it with vist cd but still dose not come up on computer is there somthing im doing wrong. cheers
[ + quote]
sammorris
AfterDawn Addict

4 product reviews
_ 		10. April 2008 @ 15:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
1. Format the drive in windows using the disk management feature.
2. Check if the drive isn't trying to use a drive letter that's already in use. You can also check and rectify this in the device manager.
[ + quote]


Afterdawn Addict // Silent PC enthusiast // PC Build advisor // LANGamer Alias:Ratmanscoop
PC Specs page -- http://my.afterdawn.com/sammorris/blog_entry.cfm/11247
updated 10-Dec-13
afterdawn.com > forums > pc hardware > building a new pc > hard drive config
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2025 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork