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OK, Disc 0 is there but no disc 1, all the other references are there. All I
have there is my "C" drive, with one partitionboth of which say healthy, my
dvd-rom drive and my cd-rw drive. It was listed in Disk Management but when I
tried to format the drive I get what the first post was all about
When trying to format the drive after reading some posts, I got this
>> >> > message
>> >> > titled "Logical Disk Manager", and this message the format did not
>> >> > complete
>> >> > successfully. once I click ok, the box showed how much gb and says
>> >> > healthy
>> >> > and active(when I had the drive)<<<<<<
when I tried to access it it would say that the drive is not formatted and
then asked if I would like to do so
trace
"R. C. White" wrote:
> Hi, Trace.
>
> OK. One set of possibilities eliminated. ;<)
>
> Yes, one drive - the primary master - should be labeled HDD-0 and the
> other - either primary slave or secondary master or slave - would be HDD-1.
> Even using Drive Select, the BIOS keeps track of them as 0 and 1.
>
> These numbers apply even before "drive letters" are assigned. The BIOS
> assigns letters according to its own rules (first primary partition on HDD-0
> is C:, then other primary partitions, then logical drives, then devices such
> as CD/DVD drives). Then Windows loads from the location pointed to by
> C:\boot.ini (rdisk(#)partition(#)). WinXP reassigns drive letters according
> to its own rules, which may be different from the BIOS. WinXP will attempt
> to use your choice of letters if you have assigned them in Disk Management.
>
> In Disk Management, you should see these same HD numbers. Do you see them?
> They should be in the left-most box of the Graphical View, shown as Disk 0
> and Disk 1. Immediately under the disk number should be the word "Basic"
> (as opposed to a "Dynamic Disk"), and under that, the size of the HD. And
> the bottom line should say "Online", indicating that the HD is ready for
> use. Do you see all that?
>
> Then, to the right of the HD box should be a graphical horizontal box. This
> box may be divided into several smaller boxes, depending on how your drive
> is partitioned. Check the top border color of the box against the color
> code at the bottom left to see if it indicates a primary or extended
> partition, or a logical drive or free space within the extended partition.
> There may also be space outside any partition. While these boxes are not
> really to scale, they do give a good indication of how your disk is divided.
>
> If your HDD-1 does not show up at all in Disk Management, then post back and
> tell us what you do see.
>
> In some situations, a new HD needs to be Initialized (click Help for
> details), but yours should not be in this situation since it was working
> earlier.
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@corridor.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "Trace" <Trace@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news
5E3D904-07C7-4308-BB2D-A373056E23E1@microsoft.com...
> > Ok, I rebooted the system and got to see the boot sequence, yes both hard
> > drives show on the list but both of them say fixed next to them and then
> > "0"
> > next to one and "1" next to the other (primary and secondary?)
> >
> > "R. C. White" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi, Trace.
> >>
> >> If it was working and quit, that would seem to show that it was cabled
> >> properly. But hard drives do go bad, sometimes all at once and sometimes
> >> a
> >> little at a time. :>( And cables DO come loose, so it would not be a
> >> waste
> >> of time to open the case and check again. Yes, cable select is good, so
> >> use
> >> it since it is available in your computer.
> >>
> >> Since you haven't told me the make and model of your computer, I'm not
> >> sure
> >> what you should expect to see when you first turn it on. Mine "counts
> >> the
> >> RAM', then shows me a list of the HDs and a lot of other information
> >> before
> >> it even begins to load Windows. Some computer makers (like Dell) cover
> >> up
> >> this info with their logo, but you can press Escape (or some other key)
> >> to
> >> see the details. Does your computer do this? Does your suspect drive
> >> show
> >> up on this list? These things flash by pretty quickly, and you might
> >> have
> >> to reboot several times and even use the Pause key to have time to see
> >> it.
> >> But if your drive is not on this list, then that narrows down the areas
> >> where you should look for the problem and a fix.
> >>
> >> RC
> >>
> >> "Trace" <Trace@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:18063024-0CF3-484C-9980-CF29BB4BAA7D@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hello R.C. I'm soory about reposting.
> >> >
> >> > to answer your question, i believe that it is properly cabled, and I
> >> > have
> >> > it set up as cable select, is that proper? I wish I could tell you the
> >> > last
> >> > time that I accessed the drive, but it has been recently. I don't know
> >> > how
> >> > to
> >> > fool around in the bios, so I don't. The interface is the same IDE,
> >> >
> >> > It weas working fine, then one day I tried to access it, there was a
> >> > pause
> >> > (30 sec or more) then a box comes up and says that the disk is not
> >> > formatted
> >> > do you want to format it now. when I put the drive in I did not do
> >> > anything
> >> > in the bios. I just set the jumper plugged in the cables, put the
> >> > computer
> >> > back together and plugged it in.
> >> > "XP" found the new hardware and installed it. So I just left it as is.
> >> >
> >> > "R. C. White" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> HI, Trace.
> >> >>
> >> >> If you can't even see the second HD in Disk Management, maybe your
> >> >> computer
> >> >> does not see it at all. Is it properly jumpered and cabled? Is it
> >> >> enabled
> >> >> in the computer BIOS? Does it show up when you first boot your
> >> >> computer?
> >> >> What interface does it use: IDE, SCSI, SATA or ?? Is the interface
> >> >> the
> >> >> same as for your first HD?
> >> >>
> >> >> RC
> >> >>
> >> >> "Trace" <Trace@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:5F2C7E3C-9550-4D66-8A4A-CB60036BC0CD@microsoft.com...
> >> >> > Hello
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I cannot see my 2nd hard drive in my computer or disc management how
> >> >> > can I
> >> >> > get it back. In the past few days I have not been able to access the
> >> >> > secon=d
> >> >> > hard drive, when I mouse over my "c" drive I see the box for free
> >> >> > space
> >> >> > left
> >> >> > and total size. when I mouse over the second drive(when it was
> >> >> > there) I
> >> >> > get
> >> >> > nothing. How can I fix that.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Whne trying to format the drive after reading some posts, I got this
> >> >> > message
> >> >> > titled "Logical Disk Manager", and this message the format did not
> >> >> > complete
> >> >> > successfully. once I click ok the box showed how much gb and says
> >> >> > healthy
> >> >> > and actice(when I had the drive)
> >> >> >
> >> >> > thanks for any help
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > Thank You in Advance
>
>
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