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December 29th 04, 05:07 AM
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Have problems setting up my secondary drive
I just bought a new HD for my computer. It's the same model as my
primary drive [that has my OS installed to it.] I have them both set to cable select with the jumpers in the proper place. The primary drive is plugged into the IDE cable at the end and the secondary drive plugged into the middle IDE cable. THe BIOS and boot up screen both recognize the secondary drive. But when XP loads up, it doesn't acknowledge that the secondary drive is there at all. What could I be doing wrong? 
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December 29th 04, 05:52 AM
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I assime that you mean it doesn't show in 'My Computer'.
Go to 'control panel', 'admin tools','computer management', storage', disk management' and see if the drive is there. It should show as unallocated I believe. Right click on the drive and you can partition it and format it. sammyc521 wrote: I just bought a new HD for my computer. It's the same model as my primary drive [that has my OS installed to it.] I have them both set to cable select with the jumpers in the proper place. The primary drive is plugged into the IDE cable at the end and the secondary drive plugged into the middle IDE cable. THe BIOS and boot up screen both recognize the secondary drive. But when XP loads up, it doesn't acknowledge that the secondary drive is there at all. What could I be doing wrong?
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December 29th 04, 08:45 AM
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Are the cables 40 or 80 wires?
Boba Vancouver bc "sammyc521" wrote in message ... I just bought a new HD for my computer. It's the same model as my primary drive [that has my OS installed to it.] I have them both set to cable select with the jumpers in the proper place. The primary drive is plugged into the IDE cable at the end and the secondary drive plugged into the middle IDE cable. THe BIOS and boot up screen both recognize the secondary drive. But when XP loads up, it doesn't acknowledge that the secondary drive is there at all. What could I be doing wrong?
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