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billk_york

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:56 am
Post subject: Slave drive -- Computer says it is there but it doesn't show in My Computer
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Just installed a Western digital WD160JB (160 gig) drive as a slave to
the 200 gig one. The 160 drive doesn't show up in My Computer. So I
don't know how to access the drive. The computer hardware lists the
drive as being installed and not having any problems. both drives are
listed in the bios as master and slave on IDE channel 0. The primary
drive shows in My Computer and is operational, it is the other drive
that doesn't show. I ran the WD diagnostic and both drives "passed."
Any ideas on how I can access the drive?

Thanks, Bill

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:11 pm
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billk_york@yahoodotcom wrote:
> Just installed a Western digital WD160JB (160 gig) drive as a slave to
> the 200 gig one. The 160 drive doesn't show up in My Computer. So I
> don't know how to access the drive. The computer hardware lists the
> drive as being installed and not having any problems. both drives are
> listed in the bios as master and slave on IDE channel 0. The primary
> drive shows in My Computer and is operational, it is the other drive
> that doesn't show. I ran the WD diagnostic and both drives "passed."
> Any ideas on how I can access the drive?
>
> Thanks, Bill
Did you partition it and format it?

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billk_york

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:15 pm
Post subject: Re: Slave drive -- Computer says it is there but it doesn't show in My Computer [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:11:10 -0500, Pen
<pen34usnospam.DeleteThis@hotmailnospam.com> wrote:

>billk_york@yahoodotcom wrote:
>> Just installed a Western digital WD160JB (160 gig) drive as a slave to
>> the 200 gig one. The 160 drive doesn't show up in My Computer. So I
>> don't know how to access the drive. The computer hardware lists the
>> drive as being installed and not having any problems. both drives are
>> listed in the bios as master and slave on IDE channel 0. The primary
>> drive shows in My Computer and is operational, it is the other drive
>> that doesn't show. I ran the WD diagnostic and both drives "passed."
>> Any ideas on how I can access the drive?
>>
>> Thanks, Bill
>Did you partition it and format it?

It was a drive I was using as an external drive. I decided to use it
internally. It was partitioned and has data on it. I haven't haven't
done anything to the dirve or the pc other than intalling the drive in
the pc and hooking up the wiring.
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Pen

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:31 pm
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billk_york@yahoodotcom wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:11:10 -0500, Pen
> <pen34usnospam.RemoveThis@hotmailnospam.com> wrote:
>
>> billk_york@yahoodotcom wrote:
>>> Just installed a Western digital WD160JB (160 gig) drive as a slave to
>>> the 200 gig one. The 160 drive doesn't show up in My Computer. So I
>>> don't know how to access the drive. The computer hardware lists the
>>> drive as being installed and not having any problems. both drives are
>>> listed in the bios as master and slave on IDE channel 0. The primary
>>> drive shows in My Computer and is operational, it is the other drive
>>> that doesn't show. I ran the WD diagnostic and both drives "passed."
>>> Any ideas on how I can access the drive?
>>>
>>> Thanks, Bill
>> Did you partition it and format it?
>
> It was a drive I was using as an external drive. I decided to use it
> internally. It was partitioned and has data on it. I haven't haven't
> done anything to the dirve or the pc other than intalling the drive in
> the pc and hooking up the wiring.
You could try checking in disk management, perhaps it needs a drive
letter assigned.

ControlPanel/Administrative Tools/Computer
Management/Storage/DiskManagement
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mutley

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 12:46 pm
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What device were you using as your extrnal drive, for instance the netgear
sc101 uses a completly different filing system that is unreadable and will
not show a partion in Windows

Pen wrote:
>>>> Just installed a Western digital WD160JB (160 gig) drive as a slave to
>>>> the 200 gig one. The 160 drive doesn't show up in My Computer. So I
>[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>> done anything to the dirve or the pc other than intalling the drive in
>> the pc and hooking up the wiring.
>You could try checking in disk management, perhaps it needs a drive
>letter assigned.
>
>ControlPanel/Administrative Tools/Computer
>Management/Storage/DiskManagement
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