where is the hard drive?

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Hello,

I have installed a second hard drive on Windows 2000 Professional- it installed fine, it is recognised in the bios, but when I go to 'my computer' only the first drive is there.

Where is the second drive?

Cheers

James

 

[PAndersen]

Try to format it.

 

[wolluf]

using disk management (run diskmgmt.msc)

 

[Jocsta]

Start->settings->controlPanel->administrativeTools->computerManagement->diskManagement
Your new drive should be listed here, just right click on the bar and select format.
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[pbxman]

Also - if the drive was NOT brand-new..it may have remnants of an active OS on it, and therefore Win2K is hiding the partition. Unlikely, but a possibility. pbxman
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[CaulX]

is the drive a maxtor?

I had a maxtor driver that wouldn't show the correct partions. I later learned that I had the master/slave jumpers set wrong on the drive. I corrected the problem and have no issues now.