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Chisel · 06-18-2005, 07:49 AM

Just installed a second hard drive in our newish Dell Dimension 8400.

When using F2 to go into bios, see's the original drive as 0 which is fine, but doesn't list the new one.

Set each of the SATA 1,2,3 to on (they were off to start with) but still doesn't pick up the new one.

When I go into Disk Management it doesn't show the new drive there either.

The new drive is a spare ide drive that I had, and as the pc is sata based being fairly new, I got a connector from Videk that plugs into the 40 pin connector on the back of the drive and then converts to a sata cable that then connects to the motherboard.

Don't know if that is part of the problem and if I have to do something different as a result ?

Any suggestions appreciated.

06-18-2005, 07:49 AM	#1
Chisel Member (4 bit) Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 11	Can't see new drive Just installed a second hard drive in our newish Dell Dimension 8400. When using F2 to go into bios, see's the original drive as 0 which is fine, but doesn't list the new one. Set each of the SATA 1,2,3 to on (they were off to start with) but still doesn't pick up the new one. When I go into Disk Management it doesn't show the new drive there either. The new drive is a spare ide drive that I had, and as the pc is sata based being fairly new, I got a connector from Videk that plugs into the 40 pin connector on the back of the drive and then converts to a sata cable that then connects to the motherboard. Don't know if that is part of the problem and if I have to do something different as a result ? Any suggestions appreciated.