Bios Sees New Hdd But Windows Cant

MAmuT · Post by **MAmuT** » Sun Apr 14, 2002 1:37 pm

ok i decided to install the new HDD i got to put it on the same IDE cable on which is the MAIN HDD. The Bios sees both HDD the main HDD ans master and the NEW HDD as a slave. The computer booted up normally and when i double clicked "My Computer" icon there was no HDD I CAN SEE THE OLD ON ( THE MAIN ) , BUT i CANNOT SEE THE NEW HDD WHAT CAN I DO TO SOLVE THAT ??????

Forgetful · Post by **Forgetful** » Sun Apr 14, 2002 1:47 pm

Have you fdisked, partitioned and formatted it?

terrancelam · Post by **terrancelam** » Sun Apr 14, 2002 1:59 pm

have you partitioned it?
IF yes, then please check the back of the HD for the jumper array and make sure you have correctly positioned the HD jumpers.

MAmuT · Post by **MAmuT** » Sun Apr 14, 2002 2:05 pm

no i havent

i didnt know i had to do that

i have the disk that comes with the HDD and i am going to boot from that thats the way right??

thanks

terrancelam · Post by **terrancelam** » Sun Apr 14, 2002 6:15 pm

my advice is to f-disk and format in dos mode. To do so you have to boot into a pure dos enviroment. Do you have an old Win98 boot disk?

onetrueday · Post by **onetrueday** » Mon Apr 15, 2002 4:39 am

If that's a little tough for you, then I suggest using the western digital software. Very nice and easy, plus still works in a dos enviroment. If you didnt buy a WD hard drive, you can still down load the software from thier website for free.

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Bios Sees New Hdd But Windows Cant

Bios Sees New Hdd But Windows Cant

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