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Installing a hard drive, there are problems.

BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
edited March 2007 in Games and Technology
I'm trying to install another hard drive to my pc, specifically it's a 250gb Western Digital SATA drive model wdc wd2500js-22mhb0. Now I've alreday got an old IDE drive installed which could be the problem.

The problem is that while Bios and Device Manager both recognise that the drive is there, the rest of Windows doesn't. I can't access the drive from anywhere. Anybody got any suggestions?

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    slurpeepoopslurpeepoop Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Check the jumpers to see if it's set to slave if it's a slave.

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    ShurakaiShurakai Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Mixing IDE and SATA drives spell trouble. Thats all I really know on the subject, unfortunately.

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    BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Shurakai wrote: »
    Mixing IDE and SATA drives spell trouble. Thats all I really know on the subject, unfortunately.

    Shh don't say that.

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    JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    BigDes wrote: »
    I'm trying to install another hard drive to my pc, specifically it's a 250gb Western Digital SATA drive model wdc wd2500js-22mhb0. Now I've alreday got an old IDE drive installed which could be the problem.

    The problem is that while Bios and Device Manager both recognise that the drive is there, the rest of Windows doesn't. I can't access the drive from anywhere. Anybody got any suggestions?

    Have you formatted the drive yet?

    Right click on My Computer > Manage. Choose Disc Management in the left column. Right click on the new disc and choose initialize drive.

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    BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Jragghen wrote: »
    BigDes wrote: »
    I'm trying to install another hard drive to my pc, specifically it's a 250gb Western Digital SATA drive model wdc wd2500js-22mhb0. Now I've alreday got an old IDE drive installed which could be the problem.

    The problem is that while Bios and Device Manager both recognise that the drive is there, the rest of Windows doesn't. I can't access the drive from anywhere. Anybody got any suggestions?

    Have you formatted the drive yet?

    Right click on My Computer > Manage. Choose Disc Management in the left column. Right click on the new disc and choose initialize drive.

    Graphics and stuff

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    No I hadn't. I'm an idiot.

    Thank you.

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    JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    BigDes wrote: »
    Jragghen wrote: »
    BigDes wrote: »
    I'm trying to install another hard drive to my pc, specifically it's a 250gb Western Digital SATA drive model wdc wd2500js-22mhb0. Now I've alreday got an old IDE drive installed which could be the problem.

    The problem is that while Bios and Device Manager both recognise that the drive is there, the rest of Windows doesn't. I can't access the drive from anywhere. Anybody got any suggestions?

    Have you formatted the drive yet?

    Right click on My Computer > Manage. Choose Disc Management in the left column. Right click on the new disc and choose initialize drive.

    Graphics and stuff

    ....

    No I hadn't. I'm an idiot.

    Thank you.

    No worries. I recently installed a second SATA drive myself, which is really the only reason I know about it.

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