Additional Harddrive

[Shawn]

Any help would be appreciated with this stupid question.
I just purchased and put together a new computer system.
Everything is working ok expect that only one of my two
harddrives is accessable in Windows XP Pro.
I don't get it.
The first drive is a WD 40 gig IDE drive primary, master
drive and works fine.
The second drive is a WD 120 gig secondary master drive.
I have tried every configuration to get the OS to utilize
the drive.
The OS recognizes the drive and states that is
functioning properly, but won't let me access it.
I imagine that it's some minor thing i'm just missing but
this is driving me crazy!
Any help would be really appreciated.
Thanks...

[Nicholas]

In dual drive installations (2 devices on the IDE cable), jumper shunts=20
are needed to designate which device is master (first device detected)=20
and which is slave (second device detected).=20

See: http://support.wdc.com/techinfo/general/jumpers.asp

After setting the second drive to "slave" using the correct jumper =
setting:

Right-click on MY COMPUTER and select MANAGE.
Click on DISK MANAGEMENT and in the lower right-hand
window, right-click on your drive and select INITIALIZE DISK.

--=20
Nicholas

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"Shawn" > wrote in message:
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| Any help would be appreciated with this stupid question.
| I just purchased and put together a new computer system.
| Everything is working ok expect that only one of my two=20
| harddrives is accessable in Windows XP Pro.
| I don't get it.
| The first drive is a WD 40 gig IDE drive primary, master=20
| drive and works fine.
| The second drive is a WD 120 gig secondary master drive.
| I have tried every configuration to get the OS to utilize=20
| the drive.
| The OS recognizes the drive and states that is=20
| functioning properly, but won't let me access it.
| I imagine that it's some minor thing i'm just missing but=20
| this is driving me crazy!
| Any help would be really appreciated.
| Thanks...
|

[Crusty \(-: Old Bastard :-\)]

Did you create partitions on the 120 gig drive and format those partitions?
You can't use the drive until you do.

Right click on "My Computer". Then go to manage/disk management. Look for
your drive. Does it show a partition and does it say healthy? If not, right
click on the drive, click on format, and follow the prompts. If you want to
have the whole drive as 1 partition, you must use the NTFS file system. If
you use the fat32 file system you are limited to a 32 gig maximum size -
make 3-4 smaller (equal) partitions.

"Shawn" > wrote in message
...
> Any help would be appreciated with this stupid question.
> I just purchased and put together a new computer system.
> Everything is working ok expect that only one of my two
> harddrives is accessable in Windows XP Pro.
> I don't get it.
> The first drive is a WD 40 gig IDE drive primary, master
> drive and works fine.
> The second drive is a WD 120 gig secondary master drive.
> I have tried every configuration to get the OS to utilize
> the drive.
> The OS recognizes the drive and states that is
> functioning properly, but won't let me access it.
> I imagine that it's some minor thing i'm just missing but
> this is driving me crazy!
> Any help would be really appreciated.
> Thanks...
>

[Shawn]

I really appreciate your help!
I now have both drives working.
It's amazing how much time you can spend trying to fix
something and the solution is right in front of your face.
Thanks again,

shawn
>-----Original Message-----
>Did you create partitions on the 120 gig drive and
format those partitions?
>You can't use the drive until you do.
>
>Right click on "My Computer". Then go to manage/disk
management. Look for
>your drive. Does it show a partition and does it say
healthy? If not, right
>click on the drive, click on format, and follow the
prompts. If you want to
>have the whole drive as 1 partition, you must use the
NTFS file system. If
>you use the fat32 file system you are limited to a 32
gig maximum size -
>make 3-4 smaller (equal) partitions.
>
>"Shawn" > wrote in message
...
>> Any help would be appreciated with this stupid
question.
>> I just purchased and put together a new computer
system.
>> Everything is working ok expect that only one of my two
>> harddrives is accessable in Windows XP Pro.
>> I don't get it.
>> The first drive is a WD 40 gig IDE drive primary,
master
>> drive and works fine.
>> The second drive is a WD 120 gig secondary master
drive.
>> I have tried every configuration to get the OS to
utilize
>> the drive.
>> The OS recognizes the drive and states that is
>> functioning properly, but won't let me access it.
>> I imagine that it's some minor thing i'm just missing
but
>> this is driving me crazy!
>> Any help would be really appreciated.
>> Thanks...
>>
>
>
>.
>

[Shawn]

Thanks so much for you help.
Problem is solved with both drives working.

>-----Original Message-----
>In dual drive installations (2 devices on the IDE
cable), jumper shunts
>are needed to designate which device is master (first
device detected)
>and which is slave (second device detected).
>
>See: http://support.wdc.com/techinfo/general/jumpers.asp
>
>After setting the second drive to "slave" using the
correct jumper setting:
>
>Right-click on MY COMPUTER and select MANAGE.
>Click on DISK MANAGEMENT and in the lower right-hand
>window, right-click on your drive and select INITIALIZE
DISK.
>
>--
>Nicholas
>
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>
>"Shawn" > wrote in message:
> ...
>
>| Any help would be appreciated with this stupid
question.
>| I just purchased and put together a new computer
system.
>| Everything is working ok expect that only one of my
two
>| harddrives is accessable in Windows XP Pro.
>| I don't get it.
>| The first drive is a WD 40 gig IDE drive primary,
master
>| drive and works fine.
>| The second drive is a WD 120 gig secondary master
drive.
>| I have tried every configuration to get the OS to
utilize
>| the drive.
>| The OS recognizes the drive and states that is
>| functioning properly, but won't let me access it.
>| I imagine that it's some minor thing i'm just missing
but
>| this is driving me crazy!
>| Any help would be really appreciated.
>| Thanks...
>|
>.
>