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February 21st, 2005, 11:20 AM

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Can't see my harddrive

I have recently installed a second harddrive. Bios detects it no problem, device manager detects it no problem, but it is invisible in "my computer". I have had slave harddrives before so its nothing to do with not having enough room for IDE controllers. Theres no stupid rule that the master has to have more capacity than the slave because my master is 120gb but my slave is 250gb. Any help would be greatly appreciated

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February 21st, 2005, 11:23 AM

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You need to format the drive, if you have xp, look at disk management. If it is there then it needs formatting.

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February 21st, 2005, 11:32 AM

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Convert?

sorry to sound so stupid, but it asks me to initialize and then convert to dynamic disk?, which do i tick. Initialize is ticked by default but convert isn't.

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February 21st, 2005, 11:36 AM

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Under which utility are you formatting it under?

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February 21st, 2005, 11:38 AM

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February 21st, 2005, 11:44 AM

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Hmm, i personally use PQ Magic, try formatting the disk with fdisk. I don't know enough about Disk Management, you could google this question, but i don't want to advise you wrongly on your new purchase.

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February 21st, 2005, 11:45 AM

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Ive just read about dynamic disks and they have a lot of limitiations. Im afraid to convert so ill just leave it as is.

THANKS A MILLION FOR YOUR HELP (i was very worried for a while when i couldnt find it) YOU'RE A STAR!!!

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February 21st, 2005, 11:54 AM

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No problem, if you have any more problems come back.

Many thanks

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