2 HARD DRIVES IN DEV MNGR BUT 1 UNACCESSABLE

[E]

I just bought a custom configured computer with XP loaded.
I have 2 120 gig Maxtor hard drives and 2 dvd drives.
Jumpers set for master and slave both show up in device
manager but can only access 1 no drive letter for 2nd
maxtor drive. other letters are A: floppy C: maxtor hard
drive D: dvd-r and E: dvd-r.
How do I gain access to other hard drive and assign
letters and will this affect installation/performance of
other removable media drives or system performance.
Thanks
E

[Nicholas]

Right-click on MY COMPUTER and select MANAGE.
Click on DISK MANAGEMENT and in the lower right-hand
window (gray shaded area), right-click on your second drive=20
and select INITIALIZE DISK.

If that does not work:

Go to Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter.
In the Command Prompt window, type: DISKPART , hit enter.
Then type: RESCAN , hit enter.
Try initializing the disk again.


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Nicholas

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"E" > wrote in message:
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| I just bought a custom configured computer with XP loaded.=20
| I have 2 120 gig Maxtor hard drives and 2 dvd drives. =20
| Jumpers set for master and slave both show up in device=20
| manager but can only access 1 no drive letter for 2nd=20
| maxtor drive. other letters are A: floppy C: maxtor hard=20
| drive D: dvd-r and E: dvd-r.
| How do I gain access to other hard drive and assign=20
| letters and will this affect installation/performance of=20
| other removable media drives or system performance.
| Thanks
| E

[E]

STILL NO LUCK BUT THANKS NICHOLAS
>-----Original Message-----
>Right-click on MY COMPUTER and select MANAGE.
>Click on DISK MANAGEMENT and in the lower right-hand
>window (gray shaded area), right-click on your second
drive
>and select INITIALIZE DISK.
>
>If that does not work:
>
>Go to Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter.
>In the Command Prompt window, type: DISKPART , hit
enter.
>Then type: RESCAN , hit enter.
>Try initializing the disk again.
>
>
>--
>Nicholas
>
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>"E" > wrote in message:
> ...
>
>| I just bought a custom configured computer with XP
loaded.
>| I have 2 120 gig Maxtor hard drives and 2 dvd drives.
>| Jumpers set for master and slave both show up in device
>| manager but can only access 1 no drive letter for 2nd
>| maxtor drive. other letters are A: floppy C: maxtor
hard
>| drive D: dvd-r and E: dvd-r.
>| How do I gain access to other hard drive and assign
>| letters and will this affect installation/performance
of
>| other removable media drives or system performance.
>| Thanks
>| E
>.
>

[Nicholas]

Recheck the jumper settings on your hard drives.
On my Maxtor slave drive, there is no jumper that
needs to be installed.

See: =
http://service.maxtor.com/rightnow/images/maxtor_quantum%20jumpers.htm

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Nicholas