Author Topic: FIXED new hard drive not recognised! (Read 1140 times)

BigShot · « **on:** July 16, 2008, 12:43:21 PM »

ok, i bought a new used 80 gig harddrive for my pc. we set it all up, i can see it in bios but in my computer, its not there.

basically, the OS says that its there but for some reason my computer is not displaying it. i was thinking that it may have the same disk name as one of the other disks on my pc, because i have the slots for digital camera slots, there are alot of letters taken up as drives.

any help would be greatly appreciated, me and my friand have no-idea whats wrong :(

*UPDATE*
i may have gotten it, i created a partition and now i can see it, its just formatting... very slowly, should have a verdict in a few hours

*RE-UPDATE* after a lenghty formatting, the drive works

MrMxyzptlk · « **Reply #1 on:** July 16, 2008, 05:56:39 PM »

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Glad we could help?

BigShot · « **Reply #2 on:** July 16, 2008, 06:05:27 PM »

random web forums found on google that point you to the help section of the HD maker's website that point you to a microsoft page telling you how to set up partitions are awsome arn't they? XD

MrMxyzptlk · « **Reply #3 on:** July 16, 2008, 08:33:43 PM »

Device Manager sucks....

I own a copy of a great commercial program (PartitionMagic, one of many) that let's me slice & dice disks up, hides partitions, and all kinds of goodies! Even runs from the CD! (So can boot to CD and carve up brand-spankin' new systems with blank HDDs!)

Check 'em out! Some are even freeware!

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