hard drive

[guillermo]

i have installed a hard drive as a spare drive....it has
been formatted and partitioned....it was working perfectly
fine until about two weeks ago......it is recognizable
under the bios settings but windows does not recognize
it....please help

[Paul]

"guillermo" > wrote in message
...
> i have installed a hard drive as a spare drive....it has
> been formatted and partitioned....it was working perfectly
> fine until about two weeks ago......it is recognizable
> under the bios settings but windows does not recognize
> it....please help
>

Have you checked out the status of the drive under Disk Management? This is the
first place I would check as it will probably answer the question for you once
you examine the status for the drive in question.

Paul

[guillermo]

under disk management ...... the drive does not appear
there either.....it only shows up in the bios
settings......i'm thinking of doing a system
restore.....do u think that will help?
>-----Original Message-----
>
>"guillermo" > wrote in message
...
>> i have installed a hard drive as a spare drive....it has
>> been formatted and partitioned....it was working
perfectly
>> fine until about two weeks ago......it is recognizable
>> under the bios settings but windows does not recognize
>> it....please help
>>
>
>Have you checked out the status of the drive under Disk
Management? This is the
>first place I would check as it will probably answer the
question for you once
>you examine the status for the drive in question.
>
>Paul
>
>
>.
>

[memo]

disk management doesn't recognize the drive either....it's
only recognizable under the bios settings
>-----Original Message-----
>
>"guillermo" > wrote in message
...
>> i have installed a hard drive as a spare drive....it has
>> been formatted and partitioned....it was working
perfectly
>> fine until about two weeks ago......it is recognizable
>> under the bios settings but windows does not recognize
>> it....please help
>>
>
>Have you checked out the status of the drive under Disk
Management? This is the
>first place I would check as it will probably answer the
question for you once
>you examine the status for the drive in question.
>
>Paul
>
>
>.
>

[Paul]

Do you have a utility like Partition Magic? Maybe it can lead you to some
answer. I know when I boot to the PM floppy, it shows me all the partitions and
shows me how much each partition is filled. It also tells me when there is a
problem with the MBR of the drive.

If this last item is corrupt, I don't think doing a system restore will bring it
back.

Is the disk reporting a yellow exclamation mark in the Device Manager?

Paul

"guillermo" > wrote in message
...
> under disk management ...... the drive does not appear
> there either.....it only shows up in the bios
> settings......i'm thinking of doing a system
> restore.....do u think that will help?
> >-----Original Message-----
> >
> >"guillermo" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> i have installed a hard drive as a spare drive....it has
> >> been formatted and partitioned....it was working
> perfectly
> >> fine until about two weeks ago......it is recognizable
> >> under the bios settings but windows does not recognize
> >> it....please help
> >>
> >
> >Have you checked out the status of the drive under Disk
> Management? This is the
> >first place I would check as it will probably answer the
> question for you once
> >you examine the status for the drive in question.
> >
> >Paul
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[memo]

actually i haven't thought about that....i'll look at it
tonite and write back....thanx
>-----Original Message-----
>Do you have a utility like Partition Magic? Maybe it can
lead you to some
>answer. I know when I boot to the PM floppy, it shows me
all the partitions and
>shows me how much each partition is filled. It also
tells me when there is a
>problem with the MBR of the drive.
>
>If this last item is corrupt, I don't think doing a
system restore will bring it
>back.
>
>Is the disk reporting a yellow exclamation mark in the
Device Manager?
>
>Paul
>
>"guillermo" > wrote in message
...
>> under disk management ...... the drive does not appear
>> there either.....it only shows up in the bios
>> settings......i'm thinking of doing a system
>> restore.....do u think that will help?
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >
>> >"guillermo" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >> i have installed a hard drive as a spare drive....it
has
>> >> been formatted and partitioned....it was working
>> perfectly
>> >> fine until about two weeks ago......it is
recognizable
>> >> under the bios settings but windows does not
recognize
>> >> it....please help
>> >>
>> >
>> >Have you checked out the status of the drive under Disk
>> Management? This is the
>> >first place I would check as it will probably answer
the
>> question for you once
>> >you examine the status for the drive in question.
>> >
>> >Paul
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>