External Hard Drive Problem

[Andy]

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Hi,

I am running windows xp. I am trying to get my computer to recognized
my external hard drive. I have not succesfully connected it yet. My
current drive configuration is as follows:

Primary Master: 40Gb Samsung Ultra
Primary Slave: None
Secondary Master: CD
Secondary Slave: DVD

I also have a SATA hard drive connected through a PCI card (no SATA
connections on motherboard). My external hard drive is a Maxtor 60Gb Ultra
ATA. When I connect it through USB 2.0, Windows will just bring up the
"Safely Remove Hardware" option in the tray. It will not let me look at the
hard drive and the Maxtor software does not find it either. My external
hard drive only works in Master Mode. Am I experiencing a Master/Slave
conflict? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

Andy

 

[Guest]

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Hi Andy, it is true that many external hard drive only work in "master"
configuration, but this case is not due to slave/master conflict. You need
to partitition/format the external hard drive using Disk management before
you can use it. Go to Start>Run>Type "diskmgmt.msc" and press enter.

Let us know if this helps.

"Andy" <anash2@san.rr.com> wrote in message
news:uFJYd.49455$xX3.36746@twister.socal.rr.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am running windows xp. I am trying to get my computer to recognized
> my external hard drive. I have not succesfully connected it yet. My
> current drive configuration is as follows:
>
> Primary Master: 40Gb Samsung Ultra
> Primary Slave: None
> Secondary Master: CD
> Secondary Slave: DVD
>
> I also have a SATA hard drive connected through a PCI card (no SATA
> connections on motherboard). My external hard drive is a Maxtor 60Gb Ultra
> ATA. When I connect it through USB 2.0, Windows will just bring up the
> "Safely Remove Hardware" option in the tray. It will not let me look at
> the
> hard drive and the Maxtor software does not find it either. My external
> hard drive only works in Master Mode. Am I experiencing a Master/Slave
> conflict? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Andy
>
>

 

[Andy]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

Thank you, but I have tried to do that. The hard drive does not show up in
"Disk Managment". However, it does show up in the "Device Manager". Also,
if I boot the computer with the external hard drive running, it will hang
until I turn it off and then continue with normal bootup. Thanks for your
help.

andy

"Abhilash Tibrewal(MCSA)" <abhionnetATnospamsify.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi Andy, it is true that many external hard drive only work in "master"
> configuration, but this case is not due to slave/master conflict. You need
> to partitition/format the external hard drive using Disk management before
> you can use it. Go to Start>Run>Type "diskmgmt.msc" and press enter.
>
> Let us know if this helps.
>
> "Andy" <anash2@san.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:uFJYd.49455$xX3.36746@twister.socal.rr.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am running windows xp. I am trying to get my computer to
recognized
> > my external hard drive. I have not succesfully connected it yet. My
> > current drive configuration is as follows:
> >
> > Primary Master: 40Gb Samsung Ultra
> > Primary Slave: None
> > Secondary Master: CD
> > Secondary Slave: DVD
> >
> > I also have a SATA hard drive connected through a PCI card (no SATA
> > connections on motherboard). My external hard drive is a Maxtor 60Gb
Ultra
> > ATA. When I connect it through USB 2.0, Windows will just bring up the
> > "Safely Remove Hardware" option in the tray. It will not let me look at
> > the
> > hard drive and the Maxtor software does not find it either. My external
> > hard drive only works in Master Mode. Am I experiencing a Master/Slave
> > conflict? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >
>
>