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Old May 5th 04, 11:01 PM
Doug
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Default PLEASE HELP: Secondary IDE not showing up...

I just installed Windows XP and my secondary IDE is not
showing up when I go to Windows Explorer. I have two IDE
drives installed in my machine (Pentium 4 CPU). The
Primary IDE is showing up as my "C" drive, but my
secondary IDE drive is not showing up at all. It should
be my "D" drive, but instead, my "D" drive is my CDRW.
How do I get XP to recognize my secondary IDE drive?

Thanks in advance for any help.
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Old May 5th 04, 11:06 PM
hin87_at_yahoo.com
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Default PLEASE HELP: Secondary IDE not showing up...

1) Did you check your bios to make sure Auto Detect is enable for the
drive?

2) Make sure you got your pins set correctly.

3) if all else fail, why not move the harddrive over to the second IDE
cable?


On Wed, 5 May 2004 14:03:22 -0700, "Doug"
wrote:

I just installed Windows XP and my secondary IDE is not
showing up when I go to Windows Explorer. I have two IDE
drives installed in my machine (Pentium 4 CPU). The
Primary IDE is showing up as my "C" drive, but my
secondary IDE drive is not showing up at all. It should
be my "D" drive, but instead, my "D" drive is my CDRW.
How do I get XP to recognize my secondary IDE drive?

Thanks in advance for any help.


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Old May 6th 04, 12:49 AM
Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)
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If your CD-RW is on the secondary controller, and if you see it (the CD-RW)
in Explorer - the 2nd IDE channel IS being recognized.

--
Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

"Doug" wrote in message
...
I just installed Windows XP and my secondary IDE is not
showing up when I go to Windows Explorer. I have two IDE
drives installed in my machine (Pentium 4 CPU). The
Primary IDE is showing up as my "C" drive, but my
secondary IDE drive is not showing up at all. It should
be my "D" drive, but instead, my "D" drive is my CDRW.
How do I get XP to recognize my secondary IDE drive?

Thanks in advance for any help.



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Old May 6th 04, 12:49 AM
R. McCarty
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Default PLEASE HELP: Secondary IDE not showing up...

Things to check:
BIOS - Both Primary and Secondary controllers are enabled.
XP Dev Manager - Under ATAPI/IDE that both a Primary &
Secondary controller are listed.
Also: Verify on the controllers in Advanced that the M/S
Devices are not set to NONE

"Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)" wrote in
message ...
If your CD-RW is on the secondary controller, and if you see it (the
CD-RW)
in Explorer - the 2nd IDE channel IS being recognized.

--
Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

"Doug" wrote in message
...
I just installed Windows XP and my secondary IDE is not
showing up when I go to Windows Explorer. I have two IDE
drives installed in my machine (Pentium 4 CPU). The
Primary IDE is showing up as my "C" drive, but my
secondary IDE drive is not showing up at all. It should
be my "D" drive, but instead, my "D" drive is my CDRW.
How do I get XP to recognize my secondary IDE drive?

Thanks in advance for any help.





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Old July 27th 04, 06:37 AM
'Ol Pilot
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Default PLEASE HELP: Secondary IDE not showing up...



"R. McCarty" wrote:

Things to check:
BIOS - Both Primary and Secondary controllers are enabled.
XP Dev Manager - Under ATAPI/IDE that both a Primary &
Secondary controller are listed.
Also: Verify on the controllers in Advanced that the M/S
Devices are not set to NONE

"Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)" wrote in
message ...
If your CD-RW is on the secondary controller, and if you see it (the
CD-RW)
in Explorer - the 2nd IDE channel IS being recognized.

--
Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

"Doug" wrote in message
...
I just installed Windows XP and my secondary IDE is not
showing up when I go to Windows Explorer. I have two IDE
drives installed in my machine (Pentium 4 CPU). The
Primary IDE is showing up as my "C" drive, but my
secondary IDE drive is not showing up at all. It should
be my "D" drive, but instead, my "D" drive is my CDRW.
How do I get XP to recognize my secondary IDE drive?

Thanks in advance for any help.



The normal procedure here to get XP to recognize the secondary IDE would be to shut down, disconnect the secondary IDE cable at the motherboard, reboot and then shut down again. Reconnect the cable and reboot. XP should now see the secondary IDE.


I'd avoid the tempatation to put any drives, other than hard drives, on the primary IDE. CD and DVD burners will tend to slow the hard drive down. Put those devices on the secondary IDE. Check your computer manufacturer's documentation to see if they sh
ould be jumpered master-slave or cable select. Most newer computers use cable select.

If you can see your secondary drives in Explorer, they should operate and XP has recognized them. The problem is that if the Secondary IDE doesn't show up in Device Manager, you can't access "Properties" to see if they are set to DMA (prefererd) or PIO

mode (slower) or change those settings.
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Old July 27th 04, 06:37 AM
'Ol Pilot
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Default PLEASE HELP: Secondary IDE not showing up...



"R. McCarty" wrote:

Things to check:
BIOS - Both Primary and Secondary controllers are enabled.
XP Dev Manager - Under ATAPI/IDE that both a Primary &
Secondary controller are listed.
Also: Verify on the controllers in Advanced that the M/S
Devices are not set to NONE

"Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)" wrote in
message ...
If your CD-RW is on the secondary controller, and if you see it (the
CD-RW)
in Explorer - the 2nd IDE channel IS being recognized.

--
Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

"Doug" wrote in message
...
I just installed Windows XP and my secondary IDE is not
showing up when I go to Windows Explorer. I have two IDE
drives installed in my machine (Pentium 4 CPU). The
Primary IDE is showing up as my "C" drive, but my
secondary IDE drive is not showing up at all. It should
be my "D" drive, but instead, my "D" drive is my CDRW.
How do I get XP to recognize my secondary IDE drive?

Thanks in advance for any help.



The normal procedure here to get XP to recognize the secondary IDE would be to shut down, disconnect the secondary IDE cable at the motherboard, reboot and then shut down again. Reconnect the cable and reboot. XP should now see the secondary IDE.


I'd avoid the tempatation to put any drives, other than hard drives, on the primary IDE. CD and DVD burners will tend to slow the hard drive down. Put those devices on the secondary IDE. Check your computer manufacturer's documentation to see if they sh
ould be jumpered master-slave or cable select. Most newer computers use cable select.

If you can see your secondary drives in Explorer, they should operate and XP has recognized them. The problem is that if the Secondary IDE doesn't show up in Device Manager, you can't access "Properties" to see if they are set to DMA (prefererd) or PIO

mode (slower) or change those settings.
 




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