New Secondary HDD for storage. Recognised and installed. Not showing in My Computer.

aah00n · 08-02-2007, 04:12 AM

I have just purchased a new 400GB HDD for internal storage only. I had a 40GB in there that was working fine but wasn't required any longer. I did a clean swap using the same jumper settings, IDE cables etc. The BIOS has detected the drive and all of the master/slave configuration seems fine to me. It is recognised and working in Device Manager however I am unable to access the drive in My Computer.

Is there something I am required to do (e.g. formatting??) because it is brand spanking new???

08-02-2007, 04:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
aah00n New Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 11	New Secondary HDD for storage. Recognised and installed. Not showing in My Computer. I have just purchased a new 400GB HDD for internal storage only. I had a 40GB in there that was working fine but wasn't required any longer. I did a clean swap using the same jumper settings, IDE cables etc. The BIOS has detected the drive and all of the master/slave configuration seems fine to me. It is recognised and working in Device Manager however I am unable to access the drive in My Computer. Is there something I am required to do (e.g. formatting??) because it is brand spanking new???

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