Problems with SATA drives and XP

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Help!

Have just bought new PC (well components of and assembled). Has a
81PE775Pro MB and to Seagate HDD (80g & 120g). Set up, checked bios/cmos
set up - everything there. Loaded XP Pro checked everything through the
Device Manager - all OK. Went to Explorer and the 2nd HDD is not there...
checked to make sure nothing was disabled, no conflicts, etc... but XP
refuses to see the 120g drive - even though it's listed in the device
manager.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Wes.

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"Peter R Cook" <PCook@wisty.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In message <%uOdd.34364$5O5.9746@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, GEM
> <wselwood@bigpond.dot.net.dot.au> writes
>>Help!
>>
>>Have just bought new PC (well components of and assembled). Has a
>>81PE775Pro MB and to Seagate HDD (80g & 120g). Set up, checked bios/cmos
>>set up - everything there. Loaded XP Pro checked everything through the
>>Device Manager - all OK. Went to Explorer and the 2nd HDD is not there...
>>checked to make sure nothing was disabled, no conflicts, etc... but XP
>>refuses to see the 120g drive - even though it's listed in the device
>>manager.
>>
>>Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>>
>>Wes.
>>
>>
> You did format and partition it?
>
> Can Disk Management see it?
>
> Regards
>
> --
> Peter R Cook

I was distracted when setting it up, but remember formatting and
partitioning at least ONE of them... Disk Management sees C: in the top
section only, but in the bottom section has both listed - although the
second drive is UNALLOCATED as opposed to the NTFS HEALTHY indicated on the
drive above.

Would I be right in assuming that the second disk in unformatted and
therefore unseen?

Wes.

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In message <78Wdd.34501$5O5.12421@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, GEM
<wselwood@bigpond.dot.net.dot.au> writes
>
>"Peter R Cook" <PCook@wisty.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:toRAY6B7d7dBFwBy@wisty.plus.com...
>> In message <%uOdd.34364$5O5.9746@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, GEM
>> <wselwood@bigpond.dot.net.dot.au> writes
>>>Help!
>>>
>>>Have just bought new PC (well components of and assembled). Has a
>>>81PE775Pro MB and to Seagate HDD (80g & 120g). Set up, checked bios/cmos
>>>set up - everything there. Loaded XP Pro checked everything through the
>>>Device Manager - all OK. Went to Explorer and the 2nd HDD is not there...
>>>checked to make sure nothing was disabled, no conflicts, etc... but XP
>>>refuses to see the 120g drive - even though it's listed in the device
>>>manager.
>>>
>>>Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>>>
>>>Wes.
>>>
>>>
>> You did format and partition it?
>>
>> Can Disk Management see it?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> --
>> Peter R Cook
>
>I was distracted when setting it up, but remember formatting and
>partitioning at least ONE of them... Disk Management sees C: in the top
>section only, but in the bottom section has both listed - although the
>second drive is UNALLOCATED as opposed to the NTFS HEALTHY indicated on the
>drive above.
>
>Would I be right in assuming that the second disk in unformatted and
>therefore unseen?
>
>Wes.
>
>
C: is formatted and partitioned

The Unallocated drive is not formatted or partitioned. Explorer will
therefore ignore it. Simply use Disk Management to create a partition on
the drive and format it. Then explorer will see them.

(I think right click on the drive brings up the relevant context menu)

Regards
--
Peter R Cook

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"GEM" <wselwood@bigpond.dot.net.dot.au> wrote in message
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> Thank you all very much - you were right, it just needed formatting! What
> a bonehead...
>
> Wes.

LOL!!