Problems with SATA drives and XP

"Peter R Cook" <PCook DeleteThis @wisty.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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 > In message <%uOdd.34364$5O5.9746@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, GEM
 > <wselwood DeleteThis @bigpond.dot.net.dot.au> writes
  >>Help!
  >>
  >>Have just bought new PC (well components of and assembled). Has a
  >>81PE775Pro MB and to Seagate HDD (80g & 120g). Set up, checked bios/cmos
  >>set up - everything there. Loaded XP Pro checked everything through the
  >>Device Manager - all OK. Went to Explorer and the 2nd HDD is not there...
  >>checked to make sure nothing was disabled, no conflicts, etc... but XP
  >>refuses to see the 120g drive - even though it's listed in the device
  >>manager.
  >>
  >>Can anyone point me in the right direction?
  >>
  >>Wes.
  >>
  >>
 > You did format and partition it?
 >
 > Can Disk Management see it?
 >
 > Regards
 >
 > --
 > Peter R Cook

I was distracted when setting it up, but remember formatting and
partitioning at least ONE of them... Disk Management sees C: in the top
section only, but in the bottom section has both listed - although the
second drive is UNALLOCATED as opposed to the NTFS HEALTHY indicated on the
drive above.

Would I be right in assuming that the second disk in unformatted and
therefore unseen?

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"GEM" <wselwood DeleteThis @bigpond.dot.net.dot.au> wrote in message
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 > I was distracted when setting it up, but remember formatting and
 > partitioning at least ONE of them... Disk Management sees C: in the top
 > section only, but in the bottom section has both listed - although the
 > second drive is UNALLOCATED as opposed to the NTFS HEALTHY indicated on
 > the drive above.
 >
 > Would I be right in assuming that the second disk in unformatted and
 > therefore unseen?

Right-click on the second drive and format it. It should then be seen in
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In message <78Wdd.34501$5O5.12421@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, GEM
<wselwood.DeleteThis@bigpond.dot.net.dot.au> writes
 >
 >"Peter R Cook" <PCook.DeleteThis@wisty.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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  >> In message <%uOdd.34364$5O5.9746@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, GEM
  >> <wselwood.DeleteThis@bigpond.dot.net.dot.au> writes
   >>>Help!
   >>>
   >>>Have just bought new PC (well components of and assembled). Has a
   >>>81PE775Pro MB and to Seagate HDD (80g & 120g). Set up, checked bios/cmos
   >>>set up - everything there. Loaded XP Pro checked everything through the
   >>>Device Manager - all OK. Went to Explorer and the 2nd HDD is not there...
   >>>checked to make sure nothing was disabled, no conflicts, etc... but XP
   >>>refuses to see the 120g drive - even though it's listed in the device
   >>>manager.
   >>>
   >>>Can anyone point me in the right direction?
   >>>
   >>>Wes.
   >>>
   >>>
  >> You did format and partition it?
  >>
  >> Can Disk Management see it?
  >>
  >> Regards
  >>
  >> --
  >> Peter R Cook
 >
 >I was distracted when setting it up, but remember formatting and
 >partitioning at least ONE of them... Disk Management sees C: in the top
 >section only, but in the bottom section has both listed - although the
 >second drive is UNALLOCATED as opposed to the NTFS HEALTHY indicated on the
 >drive above.
 >
 >Would I be right in assuming that the second disk in unformatted and
 >therefore unseen?
 >
 >Wes.
 >
 >
C: is formatted and partitioned

The Unallocated drive is not formatted or partitioned. Explorer will
therefore ignore it. Simply use Disk Management to create a partition on
the drive and format it. Then explorer will see them.

(I think right click on the drive brings up the relevant context menu)

Regards
--
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"GEM" <wselwood DeleteThis @bigpond.dot.net.dot.au> wrote in message
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 > Help!
 >
 > Have just bought new PC (well components of and assembled). Has a
 > 81PE775Pro MB and to Seagate HDD (80g & 120g). Set up, checked bios/cmos
 > set up - everything there. Loaded XP Pro checked everything through the
 > Device Manager - all OK. Went to Explorer and the 2nd HDD is not there...
 > checked to make sure nothing was disabled, no conflicts, etc... but XP
 > refuses to see the 120g drive - even though it's listed in the device
 > manager.
 >
 > Can anyone point me in the right direction?
 >
 > Wes.
 >
 >

Thank you all very much - you were right, it just needed formatting! What a
bonehead...

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"GEM" <wselwood DeleteThis @bigpond.dot.net.dot.au> wrote in message
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 > Thank you all very much - you were right, it just needed formatting! What
 > a bonehead...
 >
 > Wes.

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