i have connected another slave hard disk Seagate 30 GB. When pc boots i could see the disk recognised by bios but after windows xp boots it tells me new hard drive found but i can not see it in my computer. How can i fix this ? Thanks

You may have to format/partition the drive for use. Seagate should include a disk with the drive for this purpose. Just load that CD up on startup and everything should be cool.

Right click My Computer and select Manage, then click on Disk Management. Some people are like Slinkies™, not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs...

Hello you can use this in the computer management console to fix the problem Start>Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Disk Management there it will show you all the storag devices conected to ur computer... u hav to make partitiona nd then formate it... and i will work fine... i had same trouble with Segate 80 GB disk and thats how i fixd it have fun bye bye Restive2025 Creator of 100 Languages, Master in 99

Hello again, I am glad to let you know that it worked, thanks to Hooner and Restive2025 keep up the good work R

I have a similar problem - a secondary hard drive that is not accessible after the primary harddrive was formatted and re setup with WinXP NTFS. It shows in disk manager but cant assign a letter to it (options are greyed out) and list it as a disk not a drive. Any suggestions? My 'life' is on this drive - I dont want to format it and lose everything. URIAH

Check the cables to the drive you may have them on wrong. If you do your puter will think it's an FDD instead of an HDD. Also check the jumpers.