how do I get my computer to notice a new installed hardrive?

Question

I bought a new hardrive, this is my set up.

2 IDE ports
primary
C: = XP
F: =slave

secondary
DVD
*new hardrive*

the startup recognizes it, but windows doesn't... am I missing something?

Answer 1

make sure your jumper settings on the drive are set correctly

go into your bios setup at boot up time and make sure that the HD is showing
to get into bios you hit the key that it says to hit in order to get into setup, tap it once a second or hair faster than that til it goes into setup

usually its F1 that gets you into Bios

but on some bios versions it is the tab key

if those two are good then go to control panel and device manager and make sure the Hd shows up in the list of hardware and that theres no exclamation mark or anything like that next to it

if so then theres a problem, also if it doesnt show up in the hardware list at all

checking jumper setting is the first thing to check though,


if it was my system i would put the new HD on the primary IDE cable and set the jumper to slave setting

and go into Bios setup and set it to boot first if it has your OS on it and if not then make it second or third or fourth boot
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Answer 2

When you say that Windows doesn't recognize it, have you tried through the Disk Management tool? Go to Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management and select Disk Management. It may start a wizard or just show the drive as unformatted space that you can format.

Answer 3

Go to control panel, computer administration, disk management.

You should see your new hard drive on the lower right hand side. It is most probably not formatted/initialized.

Right click over the drive and select format/import etc. You will want to partition the drive also.

Answer 4

i suggest that you use the cd that the hardrive came with

Answer 5

ultimate answer for you as we communicate, is to open your computing gadget and unplug your secondary force. try besides now with purely the main problematic force. If this worked. I recommend placing the pins top, your substantial must be pinned "jumper pin" as grasp and your secondary as SLAVE. reliable success!!

Answer 6

If there are drivers for them. They need to be installed. Also they need to be formatted to a filing system. I recommend FAT32, but its preference.

Answer 7

You might try add new hardware in the control panel

check you cables

Answer 8

maybe it is a plug and play device..if it is, windows will automatically install it to your computer.