Hard drive issues

hondaman_abx · 02-20-2003, 05:11 PM

I installed anothe WD 120gb SE today. It is showing in my hardware device manager but it is not letting me access it? Any ideas.

jojiboy · 02-20-2003, 05:14 PM

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Originally posted by hondaman
I installed anothe WD 120gb SE today. It is showing in my hardware device manager but it is not letting me access it? Any ideas.

This may be a simple question but have you partitioned and formatted the drive?

hondaman_abx · 02-20-2003, 05:16 PM

No. But the only place i can see it is in the hardware manager

wildboar · 02-20-2003, 05:22 PM

What Mobo / Bios do you have. Some mobos have a problem seeing the newer 120GB drives..

packetloss · 02-20-2003, 05:24 PM

his profile says p4s533

hondaman_abx · 02-20-2003, 05:25 PM

also i have another wd se 120gb hd(same one)

Logan_abx · 02-20-2003, 05:27 PM

Have you tried going to the Control Panel, then to Computer Management, then to Disk Management to see if the drive shows up there as unpartitioned space? If so, you should be able to partition it from there.

Logan

rjs735 · 02-20-2003, 05:29 PM

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Originally posted by hondaman
I installed anothe WD 120gb SE today. It is showing in my hardware device manager but it is not letting me access it? Any ideas.

I am assuming you installed as slave on the ide with other 120GB?.

If it is a slave then, are you going to run it as 120gb or are you going to carve it up ( partition it in to smaller drives) ?.

You will still have to use "fdisk" the partition the drive and the format the partition/s.

If you are going to use the whole drive then you should just format it.

hondaman_abx · 02-20-2003, 05:31 PM

im using xp and i cant get to it through windows. It says it is there in the device manager but not anywhere else.
Yes it is a slave to my other 120gb drive/ and i wnt to keep it the full 120gig.

rjs735 · 02-20-2003, 05:36 PM

Normally I do it from floppy boot disk with fdisk on it, as well format cmd on the disk. Then I run it against the drive designation d,e,f what ever.

Run fdisk against the drive what ever the designation ( depends on how many other hard drive partitions there ) to partition it.
Then run format gainst the partition/s.

hondaman_abx · 02-20-2003, 05:41 PM

Thanks Logan what you said helped me out i got it now.

Logan_abx · 02-20-2003, 05:44 PM

Not a problem...

Logan

hondaman_abx · 02-20-2003, 05:46 PM

Thanks everyone else that helped me out to...

02-20-2003, 05:11 PM	#1
hondaman_abx F@H NOOB Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: GREENSBORO, MD Posts: 1,278	Hard drive issues I installed anothe WD 120gb SE today. It is showing in my hardware device manager but it is not letting me access it? Any ideas. __________________ Main PC AMD Phenom 9950BE Asus M3A79-T Deluxe OCZ Platinum PC8500 2X2G Dual channel BFG GeForce GTX 260 Antec 900 case Thermaltake Black Widow 850W PSU Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit Second PC AMD ATHLON 64 X2 3800 ASUS A8N-SLI OCZ Platinum 2 x 1GB DDR 400 Dual Channel ATI X1800XT Enermax Noistaker 2X SEAGATE SATA 80gb RAID 0 Tt Tsunami Sony DRU-720 16X Dual Layer Windows XP PRO X64.
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02-20-2003, 05:16 PM	#3
hondaman_abx F@H NOOB Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: GREENSBORO, MD Posts: 1,278	No. But the only place i can see it is in the hardware manager __________________ Main PC AMD Phenom 9950BE Asus M3A79-T Deluxe OCZ Platinum PC8500 2X2G Dual channel BFG GeForce GTX 260 Antec 900 case Thermaltake Black Widow 850W PSU Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit Second PC AMD ATHLON 64 X2 3800 ASUS A8N-SLI OCZ Platinum 2 x 1GB DDR 400 Dual Channel ATI X1800XT Enermax Noistaker 2X SEAGATE SATA 80gb RAID 0 Tt Tsunami Sony DRU-720 16X Dual Layer Windows XP PRO X64.
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02-20-2003, 05:22 PM	#4
wildboar ..Pig Man Charade You are Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New Lenox, Illinois Posts: 2,043	What Mobo / Bios do you have. Some mobos have a problem seeing the newer 120GB drives.. __________________ "If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut." - Albert Einstein
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02-20-2003, 05:24 PM	#5
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02-20-2003, 05:25 PM	#6
hondaman_abx F@H NOOB Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: GREENSBORO, MD Posts: 1,278	also i have another wd se 120gb hd(same one) __________________ Main PC AMD Phenom 9950BE Asus M3A79-T Deluxe OCZ Platinum PC8500 2X2G Dual channel BFG GeForce GTX 260 Antec 900 case Thermaltake Black Widow 850W PSU Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit Second PC AMD ATHLON 64 X2 3800 ASUS A8N-SLI OCZ Platinum 2 x 1GB DDR 400 Dual Channel ATI X1800XT Enermax Noistaker 2X SEAGATE SATA 80gb RAID 0 Tt Tsunami Sony DRU-720 16X Dual Layer Windows XP PRO X64.
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02-20-2003, 05:27 PM	#7
Logan_abx Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Blue Ridge Mountains, VA Posts: 384	Have you tried going to the Control Panel, then to Computer Management, then to Disk Management to see if the drive shows up there as unpartitioned space? If so, you should be able to partition it from there. Logan
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02-20-2003, 05:31 PM	#9
hondaman_abx F@H NOOB Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: GREENSBORO, MD Posts: 1,278	im using xp and i cant get to it through windows. It says it is there in the device manager but not anywhere else. Yes it is a slave to my other 120gb drive/ and i wnt to keep it the full 120gig. __________________ Main PC AMD Phenom 9950BE Asus M3A79-T Deluxe OCZ Platinum PC8500 2X2G Dual channel BFG GeForce GTX 260 Antec 900 case Thermaltake Black Widow 850W PSU Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit Second PC AMD ATHLON 64 X2 3800 ASUS A8N-SLI OCZ Platinum 2 x 1GB DDR 400 Dual Channel ATI X1800XT Enermax Noistaker 2X SEAGATE SATA 80gb RAID 0 Tt Tsunami Sony DRU-720 16X Dual Layer Windows XP PRO X64.
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02-20-2003, 05:36 PM	#10
rjs735 Virus? What I am not sick Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,833	Normally I do it from floppy boot disk with fdisk on it, as well format cmd on the disk. Then I run it against the drive designation d,e,f what ever. Run fdisk against the drive what ever the designation ( depends on how many other hard drive partitions there ) to partition it. Then run format gainst the partition/s. __________________ Asus P4S8x 2.0 Ghz Celeron Ram 512MB WDC 80GB HD SATA WDC 80GB SATA Memorex DUAL DVD/RW Win98SE/XP pro Asus P2b-F Cel 450 Ram 256MB W98 SE Optorite CDRW WD 40GB Asrock P4combo P4 346 Xp Pro Sp 3 SATA HD SATA DVD/RW Foxconn 925EX 550 XP Media SP2 Sata HD Sata DVD/RW Foxconn 925EX 550 Xp SP2 Asrock 775Dual 550 Xp pro SP2 IBM T23 1.3hz RAM 512MB XP pro SP2 All systems are networked Konica Minolta Color Laser Samsung clp-315 Color laser Dlink 655 Dlink G650 Wireless Last edited by rjs735 : 02-20-2003 at 05:45 PM.
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02-20-2003, 05:41 PM	#11
hondaman_abx F@H NOOB Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: GREENSBORO, MD Posts: 1,278	Thanks Logan what you said helped me out i got it now. __________________ Main PC AMD Phenom 9950BE Asus M3A79-T Deluxe OCZ Platinum PC8500 2X2G Dual channel BFG GeForce GTX 260 Antec 900 case Thermaltake Black Widow 850W PSU Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit Second PC AMD ATHLON 64 X2 3800 ASUS A8N-SLI OCZ Platinum 2 x 1GB DDR 400 Dual Channel ATI X1800XT Enermax Noistaker 2X SEAGATE SATA 80gb RAID 0 Tt Tsunami Sony DRU-720 16X Dual Layer Windows XP PRO X64.
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02-20-2003, 05:44 PM	#12
Logan_abx Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Blue Ridge Mountains, VA Posts: 384	Not a problem... Logan
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