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Barefoot_Tom

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    Hard Drive Not Recognized
    « on: December 08, 2006, 08:23:09 AM »
    I'm attempting to install a new 2nd hard drive, and am having problems.
    The drive I'm installing is a Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9 - 80 gig. I am using WIN 2000 as my OS.

    When I boot, the BIOS recognizes the drive and identifies it correctly. Windows however doesn't recognize that the drive is there.
     
    What am I overlooking?
    Tom

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    Re: Hard Drive Not Recognized
    « Reply #1 on: December 08, 2006, 08:38:39 AM »
    How do you have your jumpers set? You said this is a second hard drive, is this new one a slave?

    Barefoot_Tom

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      Re: Hard Drive Not Recognized
      « Reply #2 on: December 08, 2006, 08:54:45 AM »
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      How do you have your jumpers set? You said this is a second hard drive, is this new one a slave?

      The jumpers are set for a slave, and the BIOS recognizes it as such.
      Tom

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      Re: Hard Drive Not Recognized
      « Reply #3 on: December 08, 2006, 09:09:07 AM »
      I assume you've formatted and partitioned the drive?

      If not, you might want to do that.

      If you have, go into your Computer Management MMC by right-clicking My Computer and choosing manage. In the left pane, choose Disk Management. If your drive shows up in there, right-click it and choose "Initialize."

      This is a shot in the dark, but it may work.

      Barefoot_Tom

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        Re: Hard Drive Not Recognized
        « Reply #4 on: December 08, 2006, 12:22:01 PM »
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        I assume you've formatted and partitioned the drive?

        If not, you might want to do that.

        If you have, go into your Computer Management MMC by right-clicking My Computer and choosing manage. In the left pane, choose Disk Management. If your drive shows up in there, right-click it and choose "Initialize."

        This is a shot in the dark, but it may work.

        I don't know whether the drive has been formatted. How does one format a drive which the OS won't recognize? FDISk doesn't work in WIN2000.

        I checked Disk Management, and the drive is not recognized there. Only the BIOS knows it exists.
        Tom

        pcdoc4christ

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        Re: Hard Drive Not Recognized
        « Reply #5 on: December 08, 2006, 01:13:02 PM »
        ...I don't know whether the drive has been formatted. How does one format a drive which the OS won't recognize? FDISk doesn't work in WIN2000...[/quote]

        Use your Windows 2000 CD to boot to the Recovery Console and format the hard drive:

        http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313672

        Even if the file system on the hard drive is currently NTFS, the FDISK and FORMAT commands will work with a Windows Me bootable floppy disk:

        http://bootdisk.com/


        « Last Edit: December 08, 2006, 01:17:27 PM by pcdoc4christ »

        Barefoot_Tom

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          Re: Hard Drive Not Recognized
          « Reply #6 on: December 08, 2006, 05:14:51 PM »
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          Use your Windows 2000 CD to boot to the Recovery Console and format the hard drive:

           

          Thanks for the info. That looks like it should work.  I've discovered another way to go, though. I went to the Maxtor home site, downloaded 2 programs which let me make a boot disk, analyze the new drive, and format and partition it.

          Problem solved (I think).

          Tahnks for all the help and suggestions, though.
          Tom