Hi Rick
thx for quick response, appreciate it. But when I right click on the new HDD
in Disk Managmennt the drop-down menu gives me the option to either:
Change Drive letter
Format or
DELETE VOLUME....
seems to me the volume is already created on it....?? Would I be right,
there? It is, however, sort of "greyed out" with black lines running at
45degees all over the "disc". It shows correctly as a 250gb disc, and it's
status is Online
It's bloody infuriating...my old XP boxes would take a new drive straight
away...!! ;-)) I love Vista, but it DOES seem 'tempermental" at times....
Rgds
Rod
"Rick Rogers" <rick@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> Hi Rod,
>
> You'll need to format it before you can use it, but before you do that you
> first have to create a volume on it. Until you do, it will not appear in
> Windows Explorer. To create a volume, right click the drive in Disk
> Manager, you will see the option there.
>
> By the way, you can have two IDE devices per cable, and two IDE
> connections on the motherboard, or a total of 4 devices. Additional
> drives, whether optical or hard drive, would require an add-on controller
> card or sata connections.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "LD" <ldavies@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:e0vo6zZYIHA.3696@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I installed a secondary HDD in my wife's Vista Premium PC. It 'installed"
>> and drivers installed and Vista "says" your new HDD is ready to use.
>>
>> However, in Computer/Explorer there is NO 2nd HDD and I couldnt "use
>> it"....
>>
>> I took it down to local computer shop. They investigated and told me that
>> the motherboard would only recognise 2 IDE devices (the first HDD and the
>> DVD Burner). They suggested that they replace the DVD Burner with an
>> ATAPI device (?) which I did OK and that then the 2nd IDE HDD would be
>> operational.
>>
>> Now I DID rush them, and I didnt actually see it working, but paying for
>> it, I left the shop and came home with the PC.
>>
>> Of course, the 2nd HDD is STILL not visible/usable in any way.
>>
>> When I right click on My Computer and go "Manage" and go thru to Disk
>> Management, the 2nd HDD IS VISIBLE. I thought I may have to Format it.
>> BUT clicking on this brings up an error message that Disk Management has
>> failed and to restart your computer. I do, no help......
>>
>> ...and EVERY tiem I DO restart the computer the SYSTEM has changed screen
>> comes up 2 times:
>>
>> 1st.time ....Found a new HDD (the original, first HDD) hit F1 to accept
>> changes
>> 2nd time... Found new HDD (NEW 250GB one) and LiteOn DVD Burner hit F1
>> to accept changes
>>
>> then correctly thru to normal Vista boot/login...
>>
>> This is EVERY TIME I start PC....
>>
>> Any thoughts/advice would be greatly GREATLY welcomed.
>>
>> Rgds
>> Rod
>> Perth
>>
>