second hard drive

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"=?Utf-8?B?cmpuMDI=?=" <rjn02@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> I have a 1998 vintage computer that I'm trying to set up to donate. I
> used WipeDrive software to clean the hard disks and have just
> completed a clean install of Windows 98. For some reason though, the
> second hard drive does not appear in Windows Explorer.? It appears in
> Device Manager with all indications it is working properly, but
> otherwise appears to be inaccessible in Windows. The system has a 233
> Pentium processor with 256 MB of SD RAM, an 8 GB "C" drive and
> (somewhere) a 3 GB "D" drive. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks.
>

I think you'll have to partition and format the drive.

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>I think you'll have to partition and format the drive.

And don't forget to check the CMOS settings !

I made this mistake recently with similar symptoms.

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"Ingeborg" <a@b.invalid> wrote in message
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> "=?Utf-8?B?cmpuMDI=?=" <rjn02@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> news:FE748C0D-0F1C-4228-9A5C-0492B9204FCB@microsoft.com:
>
> > I have a 1998 vintage computer that I'm trying to set up to donate. I
> > used WipeDrive software to clean the hard disks and have just
> > completed a clean install of Windows 98. For some reason though, the
> > second hard drive does not appear in Windows Explorer.? It appears in
> > Device Manager with all indications it is working properly, but
> > otherwise appears to be inaccessible in Windows. The system has a 233
> > Pentium processor with 256 MB of SD RAM, an 8 GB "C" drive and
> > (somewhere) a 3 GB "D" drive. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.
> > Thanks.
> >
>
> I think you'll have to partition and format the drive.

To get a drive letter assigned, you only have to partition -
fomatting is not required for drive letter assignment.