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| Thread ID: 73809 | 2006-11-01 22:57:00 | Can't see second HDD | Emile (3552) | Press F1 |
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| 495854 | 2006-11-02 00:09:00 | Is there a Drive letter assignment?, if not, explorer wont see the drive. To assign drive letter, right click on the drive to see list of options The option "Change Drive Letter and Paths" in Computer Management / Disk Management is greyed out for the 2nd HDD. It just occurred to me that this drive was formatted under XP Professional. I'm now running it under XP Home. Would that cause a problem ? Computer Management / Disk Management does see the drive. |
Emile (3552) | ||
| 495855 | 2006-11-02 00:15:00 | Pete, sorry but I'm not familiar with the terms SATA and PATA. But I can tell you that the primary HDD is the master on IDE controller 1 and the 2nd HDD is the slave on the same IDE controller. Emile. Arh all good then. Well im stumped, as far as i can tell theres no reason why you shouldnt be able to see the drive in Windows. |
Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 495856 | 2006-11-02 01:29:00 | The only thing I can think of then, is to check the device manager for issues against that drive. | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 495857 | 2006-11-02 03:46:00 | The only thing I can think of then, is to check the device manager for issues against that drive. Did that : the device is functioning normally. |
Emile (3552) | ||
| 495858 | 2006-11-02 04:17:00 | Maybe the drives been corrupted and Windows cant read it? Does Disk Management report the integrity of the data or the physical health of the drive? | Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 495859 | 2006-11-02 06:24:00 | Maybe the drives been corrupted and Windows cant read it? Does Disk Management report the integrity of the data or the physical health of the drive? Pete, the drive is shown as healthy. Of course that wouldn't mean that it isn't corrupt, but it would be a helluva coincidence if its failure came at the same time as me wiping the other drive ! I'm about to install the drive in my son's PC to see if that will read it. If so, I'll be able to get to the data over my LAN. That at this stage is the only hope I have - that somehow with the change in OS (Home Edition vs Pro) the drive doesn't get recognised properly. Emile. |
Emile (3552) | ||
| 495860 | 2006-11-02 06:37:00 | Pete, the drive is shown as healthy. Of course that wouldn't mean that it isn't corrupt, but it would be a helluva coincidence if its failure came at the same time as me wiping the other drive ! Emile i havent got a lot of experience with Windows Disk Management, I was mearly making a suggestion no need to be a smartass. If its report it as healthly that could mean several different things. |
Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 495861 | 2006-11-02 08:13:00 | So when you choose Change Drive Letters, the chnage button is grayed out? How about the add button? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 495862 | 2006-11-02 08:46:00 | Emile i havent got a lot of experience with Windows Disk Management, I was mearly making a suggestion no need to be a smartass. If its report it as healthly that could mean several different things. Pete, I had no intention whatsoever to play the smart_rse and I am sorry if my post came across in that manner. Believe me, I am grateful for whatever help I can get and having a go would be the last thing on my mind. I appreciate your suggestions like I appreciate those of anyone else who takes the effort to respond to someone who rarely posts here. Emile. |
Emile (3552) | ||
| 495863 | 2006-11-02 08:52:00 | So when you choose Change Drive Letters, the chnage button is grayed out? How about the add button? Unfortunately I'm not even getting to the window where the add button appears as this requires the "Change Drive Letter and Paths" option to be available. Maybe I'm going to have to consider data recovery if somehow the 2nd HDD is corrupt. I have now tried the HDD in two other PCs and am finding the same problem each time :horrified |
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