I had connected a hardisk to my PC as slave, although everything seems fine, but in the 'My Computer' or in Explorer, I'm not able to view its drives. I'm using Windows XP SP2. In the Device Manager I looked and everything was fine. But I can't locate the drives. Please help!
2006-07-09 19:25:50 · 10 answers · asked by John A 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
There no pins, I just connected the 2nd hard disk to the slave cable(grey). The Device Manger is showing that the device is working properly, but I just can't see the drives of that hardisk on My Computer, nor I'm able to locate those drives through any of the softwares like through Windows Media Player, because in the Open menu there are no drives of the slave.
2006-07-09 19:38:28 · update #1
Have you tried "disk management" in "computer management"? Look for your drive here. If its there (listed as disk 1) then you will have to assign it a drive letter.
If its not there, then you need to check the jumpers of the new drive (and the old one also) to make sure they are not conflicting.
The other possibility is, you are using a 40 conductor, 40 pin cable instead of an 80 conductor 40 pin cable (Ultra DMA).
2006-07-09 19:33:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-08 17:49:35 · answer #2 · answered by mudsir 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes if you just installed a new secondardy harddrive you must use a partioning program like fdisk or use windows to do it. Wholefully this is your issue. I assume you knew about the master slave system. Most l;ikely if you bought it brand new they sent some type of disk with a partioning program with it. if you got it used then you can use windows too but i would use the supplied one first if not you can use windows to partion and format it.if so i can give you more detailed instuctions if you contact me at freedomthroughrecovery@yahoo.com
2006-07-09 19:44:34 · answer #3 · answered by Joshua B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try using the Disk Management in Computer Management. (Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Computer Management) to see the status of the slave disk and rectify the problem.
2006-07-09 19:59:04 · answer #4 · answered by Vj. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check to see if the Master/Slave pin selector on the back of the drive is set to Slave or it will conflict with the master and not be seen by winXp. Good luck!
2006-07-09 19:29:19 · answer #5 · answered by Rowdy answers 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
now if you slaved off like your cd-rom and it is set at slave you will not find the harddrive,some harddrives require you to set the pin on slave while other you can just throw the pin away,and if its a really old computer some hard drives has to be first accessed
into bios,not all,
2006-07-09 19:29:58 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible that it does not have power. Open the computer case and check that the power cable is firmly connected.
(When you say "slave" it sounds like you mean an internal drive. If that is not the case then please add details to let us know what the situation is.)
2006-07-09 19:32:19 · answer #7 · answered by DadOnline 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
was a brand new drive?
If so you need to format it and partion it.
Run Windows Setup from the CD
2006-07-09 19:30:38 · answer #8 · answered by king_shafto 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have you tried turning if off and back on again?
2006-07-09 19:31:37 · answer #9 · answered by Mac Momma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try the Windows update........
2006-07-09 19:30:26 · answer #10 · answered by jljuntilla 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋