How to set up two hards in winXP, Help

[T-bear]

I've installed (new install), one 80 Gig HD (new install)
on xp-pro, no problems, when I attemp to add, install an
identical HD, windows doesn't recognize it, althought it
is read by the bio's on start up. I was told that putting
in an identcal drive confuses windows. I'm at a loss here,
will reinstalling windows with both drives hooked up solve
my problem? Or do I need to reformat the original disk and
start over. Lastly, windows will not allow me to reformat
the first disk. Any help greatly appreciated.
T-bear

[Peter R. Fletcher]

Has the drive been partitioned and formatted? You can do this from
within XP using its disk manager, but you won't otherwise be able to
see or access the drive from XP until this has been done. Assuming
that the drive has been set up with a partition structure and format
that is compatible with XP, it should be recognised at bootup.
Reinstalling XP should _not_ be necessary.

Also recheck the jumper settings of the two drives. I have
occasionally seen strange behaviour when the IDE Master in a 2-drive
setup has been jumpered as a "Single Drive" - this is a different
setting to "Master" on some drives.

On Sun, 20 Apr 2003 01:17:01 -0700, "T-bear" >
wrote:

>I've installed (new install), one 80 Gig HD (new install)
>on xp-pro, no problems, when I attemp to add, install an
>identical HD, windows doesn't recognize it, althought it
>is read by the bio's on start up. I was told that putting
>in an identcal drive confuses windows. I'm at a loss here,
>will reinstalling windows with both drives hooked up solve
>my problem? Or do I need to reformat the original disk and
>start over. Lastly, windows will not allow me to reformat
>the first disk. Any help greatly appreciated.
>T-bear



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[Paul Riemerman]

The first time I added a new 60 gig hard drive to Win XP Pro, the os
recognized it, but I couldn't use it until I told XP what letter to assign
to the new drive.
"Peter R. Fletcher" > wrote in message
...
> Has the drive been partitioned and formatted? You can do this from
> within XP using its disk manager, but you won't otherwise be able to
> see or access the drive from XP until this has been done. Assuming
> that the drive has been set up with a partition structure and format
> that is compatible with XP, it should be recognised at bootup.
> Reinstalling XP should _not_ be necessary.
>
> Also recheck the jumper settings of the two drives. I have
> occasionally seen strange behaviour when the IDE Master in a 2-drive
> setup has been jumpered as a "Single Drive" - this is a different
> setting to "Master" on some drives.
>
> On Sun, 20 Apr 2003 01:17:01 -0700, "T-bear" >
> wrote:
>
> >I've installed (new install), one 80 Gig HD (new install)
> >on xp-pro, no problems, when I attemp to add, install an
> >identical HD, windows doesn't recognize it, althought it
> >is read by the bio's on start up. I was told that putting
> >in an identcal drive confuses windows. I'm at a loss here,
> >will reinstalling windows with both drives hooked up solve
> >my problem? Or do I need to reformat the original disk and
> >start over. Lastly, windows will not allow me to reformat
> >the first disk. Any help greatly appreciated.
> >T-bear
>
>
>
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[lars]

Then, how do you assign a letter to the new hard drive?
>-----Original Message-----
>The first time I added a new 60 gig hard drive to Win XP
Pro, the os
>recognized it, but I couldn't use it until I told XP
what letter to assign
>to the new drive.
>"Peter R. Fletcher" > wrote in
message
...
>> Has the drive been partitioned and formatted? You can
do this from
>> within XP using its disk manager, but you won't
otherwise be able to
>> see or access the drive from XP until this has been
done. Assuming
>> that the drive has been set up with a partition
structure and format
>> that is compatible with XP, it should be recognised at
bootup.
>> Reinstalling XP should _not_ be necessary.
>>
>> Also recheck the jumper settings of the two drives. I
have
>> occasionally seen strange behaviour when the IDE
Master in a 2-drive
>> setup has been jumpered as a "Single Drive" - this is
a different
>> setting to "Master" on some drives.
>>
>> On Sun, 20 Apr 2003 01:17:01 -0700, "T-bear"
>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >I've installed (new install), one 80 Gig HD (new
install)
>> >on xp-pro, no problems, when I attemp to add, install
an
>> >identical HD, windows doesn't recognize it, althought
it
>> >is read by the bio's on start up. I was told that
putting
>> >in an identcal drive confuses windows. I'm at a loss
here,
>> >will reinstalling windows with both drives hooked up
solve
>> >my problem? Or do I need to reformat the original
disk and
>> >start over. Lastly, windows will not allow me to
reformat
>> >the first disk. Any help greatly appreciated.
>> >T-bear
>>
>>
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[Peter R. Fletcher]

Administrative Tools | Computer Management | Disk Management. That's
where you "FDISK" and Format HDs under XP, too.


On Sun, 20 Apr 2003 10:39:35 -0700, "lars"
> wrote:

>Then, how do you assign a letter to the new hard drive?
>>-----Original Message-----
>>The first time I added a new 60 gig hard drive to Win XP
>Pro, the os
>>recognized it, but I couldn't use it until I told XP
>what letter to assign
>>to the new drive.
>>"Peter R. Fletcher" > wrote in
>message
...
>>> Has the drive been partitioned and formatted? You can
>do this from
>>> within XP using its disk manager, but you won't
>otherwise be able to
>>> see or access the drive from XP until this has been
>done. Assuming
>>> that the drive has been set up with a partition
>structure and format
>>> that is compatible with XP, it should be recognised at
>bootup.
>>> Reinstalling XP should _not_ be necessary.
>>>
>>> Also recheck the jumper settings of the two drives. I
>have
>>> occasionally seen strange behaviour when the IDE
>Master in a 2-drive
>>> setup has been jumpered as a "Single Drive" - this is
>a different
>>> setting to "Master" on some drives.
>>>
>>> On Sun, 20 Apr 2003 01:17:01 -0700, "T-bear"
>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >I've installed (new install), one 80 Gig HD (new
>install)
>>> >on xp-pro, no problems, when I attemp to add, install
>an
>>> >identical HD, windows doesn't recognize it, althought
>it
>>> >is read by the bio's on start up. I was told that
>putting
>>> >in an identcal drive confuses windows. I'm at a loss
>here,
>>> >will reinstalling windows with both drives hooked up
>solve
>>> >my problem? Or do I need to reformat the original
>disk and
>>> >start over. Lastly, windows will not allow me to
>reformat
>>> >the first disk. Any help greatly appreciated.
>>> >T-bear
>>>
>>>
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