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Exactly what I was going to say R.C.White.
I have a Raid 0 configuration and I also brought an extra 120 gb drive for
back up. Wasn't recognized until I went to disk management and assigned the
drive + formatted.
John
"R. C. White" <rc@corridor.net> wrote in message
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> Hi, Amanda.
>
> You said that you "checked both device manager and computer manager", but
> you did not actually mention Disk Management - and that is the proper tool
> to use for creating one or more partitions on a hard drive - and for
> formatting them and assigning "drive" letters. Maybe that's what you
> meant, but we need to be sure.
>
> What does Disk Management say about that HD? Maximize the window to get a
> good look at all the info that is shown there. And check the Help file
> for plenty of details about installing and managing hard drives. Note,
> too, that Disk Management handles other kinds of devices, such as CD/DVD
> drives, USB "flash" drives, and even camera card readers - just about
> anything that can be assigned a "drive" letter.
>
> If the jumpers and cables are correct, then DIsk Management should show
> the HD, probably as "Disk 1" (since your original HD is Disk 0"). If
> you right-click on the Disk icon in the Graphical View, the context menu
> should have an option to create partitions on the HD. After you create
> one or more partitions, the context menu will offer to Format them for you
> and assign a "drive" letter to each primary partition and each logical
> drive in an extended partition.
>
> Note that My Computer cannot show an unformatted HD; at least one
> partition must be created and assigned a letter before My Computer or
> Windows Explorer can show it.
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@corridor.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "Amanda Black" <Amanda Black@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:98BA8FCD-56B0-451F-8783-CC7C8FD9024C@microsoft.com...
>>I have installed a second hard drive in to my system i have connected etc,
>> but when i turn my computer back on it doesnt recognize it, i checked
>> both
>> device manager and computer manager and it doesnt show up anywhere? can
>> anyone please help me maybe i connected it wrong, thnx
>
>