Hard Drive not in "MY COMPUTER"

stall74 · 10-27-2009, 09:49 PM

I have installed a seagate 7200.7 40Gb hard drive for a back-up (slave) drive, I have put in it the middle (grey plug) of the 80, 40 pins IDE cable, taken out the jumper so it runs as a slave. It registers with device manager and it is enabled, but it doesn't show up in the MY COMPUTER, so I cant open it and use it in anyway. Please help.

voyagerfan99 · 10-27-2009, 09:53 PM

Is the drive new? If so you need to go into "Disk Management" and initialize the disk, partition it, and format it.

Right click My Computer > Manage > Disk Management

stall74 · 10-27-2009, 09:57 PM

thank you for quick reply, this is a bit embarrising as Im not sure were disc management is please?

stall74 · 10-27-2009, 09:59 PM

Oh sorry I just read full message, thank you so much for your help.

voyagerfan99 · 10-27-2009, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stall74

Oh sorry I just read full message, thank you so much for your help.

Were you successfully able to get the drive working?

stall74 · 10-28-2009, 09:02 PM

Im away from the pc at the moment and will try it in the next few days and will get back to you.
Thanks again for your help.

10-27-2009, 09:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
stall74 New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4	Hard Drive not in "MY COMPUTER" I have installed a seagate 7200.7 40Gb hard drive for a back-up (slave) drive, I have put in it the middle (grey plug) of the 80, 40 pins IDE cable, taken out the jumper so it runs as a slave. It registers with device manager and it is enabled, but it doesn't show up in the MY COMPUTER, so I cant open it and use it in anyway. Please help.

10-27-2009, 09:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
voyagerfan99 Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Connecticut/New Jersey, USA Age: 18 Posts: 3,712	Is the drive new? If so you need to go into "Disk Management" and initialize the disk, partition it, and format it. Right click My Computer > Manage > Disk Management __________________ Mach Speed MSNV-939 nForce Socket 939 AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (OC'd to 2.20 Ghz) Power Up Black ATX Mid-T Case w/700W & Clear Side 4 GB DDR PC3200 RAM/Logitech MX Revolution Mouse 690 GB Storage (320S-ATA, 120-ATA, 250-SATA) Asus HD4870DK 1GB 22" Viewsonic LCD w/ iPod Dock + 22" ASUS Logitech G15 Keyboard/G51 Seakers Computer Pics

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10-27-2009, 09:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
stall74 New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4	thank you for quick reply, this is a bit embarrising as Im not sure were disc management is please?

10-27-2009, 09:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
stall74 New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4	Oh sorry I just read full message, thank you so much for your help.

10-28-2009, 09:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
stall74 New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4	Im away from the pc at the moment and will try it in the next few days and will get back to you. Thanks again for your help.