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elorahd
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Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:36 pm Post subject:
Installing second SATA |
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I've just installed a second SATA drive on my computer. It recognizes
it on bootup. It recognizes it in Device Manager (XP). But I can't get
it to come up in 'My Computer' so I can access it and transfer files.
What gives? |
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Miss Perspicacia Tick
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Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:01 pm Post subject:
Re: Installing second SATA |
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elorahd wrote:
| Quote: | I've just installed a second SATA drive on my computer. It recognizes
it on bootup. It recognizes it in Device Manager (XP). But I can't
get it to come up in 'My Computer' so I can access it and transfer
files. What gives?
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Has it been formatted and assigned a drive letter? It won't appear under My
Computer unless both of these conditions are met (well it needs a drive
letter that's for certain - it may then appear and be detailed as 'RAW' or
'unformatted').
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Facon - the artificial bacon bits you get in Pizza Hut for sprinkling
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John Smith
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Fri Dec 17, 2004 2:57 am Post subject:
Re: Installing second SATA |
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Open 'control panel', 'Administrative tools", 'Computer
management','Storage',
'disk management', disk should be there. Rght click on the disk and
partition and format it.
elorahd wrote:
| Quote: | I've just installed a second SATA drive on my computer. It recognizes
it on bootup. It recognizes it in Device Manager (XP). But I can't get
it to come up in 'My Computer' so I can access it and transfer files.
What gives? |
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Andy
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Fri Dec 17, 2004 4:09 am Post subject:
Re: Installing second SATA |
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Windows Explorer will only show valid partitions, so minimally the new
drive has to be partitioned. To do that use XP's Disk Management
utility.
On 16 Dec 2004 09:36:04 -0800, "elorahd" <elorahd@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I've just installed a second SATA drive on my computer. It recognizes
it on bootup. It recognizes it in Device Manager (XP). But I can't get
it to come up in 'My Computer' so I can access it and transfer files.
What gives? |
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WebWalker
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Mon Dec 20, 2004 2:04 pm Post subject:
Re: Installing second SATA |
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On 16 Dec 2004 09:36:04 -0800, "elorahd" <elorahd@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I've just installed a second SATA drive on my computer. It recognizes
it on bootup. It recognizes it in Device Manager (XP). But I can't get
it to come up in 'My Computer' so I can access it and transfer files.
What gives?
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Any new drive need to be partitioned and formatted before you can use
it.
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