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Hi,
I just installed a new Hard Drive. The main one is 80GB Maxtor and the new one is 200GB Seagate Barracuta (sp.?) They are both set to Cable Select and the computer boots no problem and the Bios sees the two drives as well. In addition, in the 'Device Manager' of Windows they are both there and working fine.
The problem is that there is no drive that accesses the new HD!? Whether I'm looking in Explorer or the 'DOS' prompt there is only (A:- but that should really exist because this system never had a Floppy to begin with...) C: (main HD) D: (CD/DVD) E: (CD/DVD-RW)
Does anyone have any idea on what the problem can be and what the solution may be? Windows actually said 'new hardware found' and then another bubble saying 'new hard drive installed' (or something like that)
I dont know whether I have to format the disk before hand somehow or maybe the problem is that they are both set to CS... I have no clue here...
Thanks,
Larry
Yeah, you'll have to partition and format the disk before the OS will recognise it. Boot from a Win 98 disk and run fdisk to create the partition and then format.
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The computer here doesnt have a floppy drive! Could I boot on the Windows CD and use 'Debug mode' to do this? Is there another way?
Thanks,
Larry
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Disk Management --> right-click the new drive & initialize. Right-click the new drive and create & format a new partition.
"if it ain't broke, upgrade anyway."
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It doesnt show up there! It only shows up in Device Manager and the Bios... I dont get it, but I was hoping to use this drive instead of just install it...
Any ideas?
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Thanks but that link is only works for up to 128GB and this drive is 200GB... Any other ideas? I dont get it- this is a brand new drive, it should just simply work! Its also a pretty up to date computer as well! I dont get it...
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Before you do any of that, be sure that the new 200GB is showing up as the full capacity and identified in the POST screens by model.
One of the regulars here promotes using the CD that came with the drive to set in up. Sounds logical to me. Who would know thier drive better. If the drive didn't come with a CD you should be able to download disk utilities from the manufacturer. Again, verify that drive.
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Yup- that was it. All I did was went to the Seagate website and downloaded the setup program for a hard drive and ran it. It took a very short amount of time and it partitioned it and claimed to have formatted it as well (but it took so short so I think it just confirmed that it was already formatted...) and voila, it registered in Windows explorer...
Thanks guys.
Larry
PS- I see other people asking questions like this on other forums and other areas in here and I would highly recommend that they follow the most simple course of action- go to the manufactirers website and use their configuration software!
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