Slave Hard drive not showing up in "my computer".

  • Thread starter Thread starter Shane
  • Start date Start date
S

Shane

I have a problem with my hdd. In the add/remove hardware
wizard it shows the hard drive but it wont show up in my
computer! I have the jumper set to cable select. ive tried
erformating but when i try that it say something about not
being able to find a boot partition i think. i dont know
how to fix it. please somebody help me!!!!!
 
Umm i dont knowo how to partition..and uhh whenever i try
to reformat it doesnt detect its boot partitiopn or
something. i still think all the data is still on the hard
drive for some reason. about the disk management, how do i
get to that is it an option or a tool? i would jsut like
to try do get my hard drive to work w/o haveing to
reformat. thank you for your help.

Shane
-----Original Message-----
Did you partition, format and assign it a drive letter in Disk Management?

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

Shane said:
I have a problem with my hdd. In the add/remove hardware
wizard it shows the hard drive but it wont show up in my
computer! I have the jumper set to cable select. ive tried
erformating but when i try that it say something about not
being able to find a boot partition i think. i dont know
how to fix it. please somebody help me!!!!!
Click to expand...


.
Click to expand...
 
Umm i dont knowo how to partition..and uhh whenever i try
to reformat it doesnt detect its boot partitiopn or
something. i still think all the data is still on the hard
drive for some reason. about the disk management, how do i
get to that is it an option or a tool? i would jsut like
to try do get my hard drive to work w/o haveing to
reformat. thank you for your help.

Shane
Click to expand...

Assuming both drives are on the same IDE controller, make sure the master
(boot) drive is at the end of the cable. Set the jumpers to master and slave.
Cable Select is an iffy technology, and doesn't always work as it should -
I've given up on it.

If can boot, go to Disk Management (Start --> Settings --> Control Panel -->
Administrative Tools --> Computer Management --> Storage --> Disk
Management). You can partition and format from there.

But you say you don't want to reformat -- so what exactly are you trying to
do? Do you have a boot drive - can you boot into W2K? What's on the "slave
drive"? You say it has data on it - so where did you get it from? What's on
it? Do you need to recover the data? Etc.

Two notes that may be relevant to your problem(s):
-- If you can't boot, then your boot drive has a problem, and more
information is needed.
-- If you are trying to reformat the boot drive, you can't do that from W2K.
MS has very wisely chosen to prevent W2K from destroying itself.



--
Best Wishes,
Wolf Kirchmeir, Blind River ON
"Not that brains are everything --
you'll also need a skull to put them in." (Nancy Franklin, 1997)
<just one w and plain ca for correct address>
 
Back
Top