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Old 02-05-2005, 03:35 PM   #1
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weird, bios see's drive but can't access it in windows xp

installed a slave WD 80G 7200 drive, bios see's it and everything is set to auto recognise in bios.

Clicking my computer in XP prof...it doesn't show up. Running a P4 here

whats the deal?

thanks in advance
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Old 02-05-2005, 03:38 PM   #2
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Is it partitioned and formatted? If not that is why it doesn't show up. To format it you right click on My Computer->Manage then select Disk Management on the left hand side. Here you should see the new drive and you can format it and assign it a drive letter, making it appear under My Computer. Warning: formatting will erase any data on the drive.

If it already has data on it then it is a different problem.
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Old 02-06-2005, 03:50 AM   #3
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awesome..thanks, thats what is was

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