slave drive

[breck]

hi new member here....
i installed a 2nd drive (slave) on my pc jumpers are correct,bios sees it but in my computer it is not listed..i went into disk management & it is listed there.
how do i get it to work?

help!!


thanks

[Force Flow]

Welcome to PCMech, breck! :)

Has the new drive been partitioned and formatted?

[breck]

windows Xp is my os
no i just installed it i'm not sure how to partition or format the slave drive
thanks for the quick responce

[bailey]

with xp it is simple.
go to control panel
adminstrator tools
computer management
drive management
highlite the drive and properites
format

[breck]

i've been looking around in disk management & when i highlite disk 1 i see properties,i go there but i dont see anything about format.

[FLG]

Go where bailey and in disk management RIGHT click the drive and you will see format listed there.

[breck]

i did right click it & it doesnt say anything about format

[FLG]

Hmm, it should look like this. Format should be listed.

[Joeberg]

Welcome to the 'Mech Breck :)
Are you positive there is no Format option?
Have you tried the Manufacturer's drive partitoning/format utilities?

[Joeberg]

It should look like this (FLG, your pic doesn't load for me)

[FLG]

Yea having a problem there how about now?


Edit: Sorry, it stopped loading half way and was to late to go back, didnt mean to post this.

[Joeberg]

Still doesn't work... Don;t worry about it though, I posted a pic of what he should see...

[FLG]

Yea having problems with that, how about now?

Edit: ok i give up, it keeps loading hlaf way when i post but then it freezes and posts anyway. :mad: :mad:

Edit: Since i cant can you post a pic of you r"right clicking" the drive so he can see the format button?

[Joeberg]

Originally posted by FLG
Yea having problems with that, how about now?

Edit:ok i give up, it keeps loading hlaf way when i post but then it freezes and posts anyway. :mad: :mad:

Edit: Since i cant can you post a pic of you r"right clicking" the drive so he can see the format button?

I already did FLG. The first link you posted now works for some reason :confused: Anyway, heres what it should look like :

[breck]

when i right click on it all i see is properties & help ...i dont see any of the others on the pull down tab

[FLG]

I think i know what your doing, dont click there.....click under where it says "Volume" its at the top by where it shows the info for your HDD's click Right click the drive letter up there. Not at the bottom.

[breck]

i've done that too & it doesnt make any difference i get the same pull down tab

[FLG]

How about clicking the Drive letter (the one by "volume") then go to "action" then "all tasks" and it should say format.

[breck]

it just says properties

[breck]

ok...i got it now...i had to download Maxblast 3 from Maxtor to format it...but it assigned it to "F" how can i change it to "D" my master drive is "C"
also i would like to know how to move items from "C" to "D"

thanks for the help everyone

[Joeberg]

I'm assuming the CD Rom is 'D' and you'd like to change it so that the HDD is 'D', correct? If so, Temporarily disconnect the CD Rom drive, and then boot the comp. Go to Administrative Tools in the Control panel, then click drive management. There is then an option to change the drive letter....

[breck]

ok thanks joeberg,
yes "D" is a cd rom i also have cd burner next to it so should i disconnect it too?

A...floppy
C...master HDD
D...cd rom
E...cd burner

this is what i have now

[Joeberg]

Yes you should disconnect the CDRW.After everything is done, it should look something like this:

A-Floppy
C-Master Drive
D - Slave Drive (After you change the letter)
E-CD Rom (It will Auto Recognize and assign the Letter)
F- CDRW (Will Auto Recognize and assign the Letter)

[breck]

awesome Joeberg...its working great thanks to you & everyone.its up running smooth as silk.all the drives are in order like you posted.
i'm a happy camper now....lol
i was pulling my hair out trying to get this configured.

again thanks a million!

[Joeberg]

No Prob, anytime :)