Hard disc disappears?

[barney.vorster]

I recently added a new hard disc to my pc. Old one is 500G and new one is 1 Terrabyte. If i open the device menu, it shows the new device, but after a while it disappears from the menu. I had a 2nd opinion about the installation and that is not the problem. Any help?

[Allan]

When you say "device menu" are you talking about device manager? Does the drive show up in Windows Explorer? How about in disc management? Did you format the drive?

[barney.vorster]

If you click on start and then devices and printers, under devices it shows and then goes away, it does return but not for long before it disappears again. I am not sure what windows explores is. Also if i click the `my computer` icon it shows the old HD and the DVD rom, and the new HD does the same there, appearing and disappearing. When i installed the device windows asked me to format the drive before i could use it, which i did.

[Allan]

Why are you even looking in Devices and Printers?

Windows Explorer is the file manager. Go to START - RUN and type explorer.exe then press ENTER. Do you see the new drive? If so, you're fine. If not, go to START - RUN and type diskmgmt.msc and press ENTER. Do you see the drive there? If so, what does it say?