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06-29-2008
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| | multiple hard drives problem okay so i just built this new computer, and i installed two 250 gig hard drives. the bios recognize both drives just fine but windows is not. it only lists me as having one C: drive with 250 gig and the other one is not listed at all. is there some setting in windows that i need to enable? any help is greatly appreciated |
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06-29-2008
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| | Re: multiple hard drives problem "taylorstapleton" <taylorstapleton@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:F100ECEB-E942-4844-BAF6-373190A75BBC@xxxxxx Quote: > okay so i just built this new computer, and i installed two 250 gig hard > drives. the bios recognize both drives just fine but windows is not. it > only > lists me as having one C: drive with 250 gig and the other one is not > listed > at all. is there some setting in windows that i need to enable? > > any help is greatly appreciated your OS took care of that on the OS drive, but before programs like Windows Explorer will "see" the second drive, it must be partitioned and formatted. Go into Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management and check for the second drive. If it's there, you can partition and format it. |
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06-29-2008
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| | Re: multiple hard drives problem Go into your BIOS and be sure the second hard drive is recognized, if not , Windows can't see it. "taylorstapleton" <taylorstapleton@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:F100ECEB-E942-4844-BAF6-373190A75BBC@xxxxxx Quote: > okay so i just built this new computer, and i installed two 250 gig hard > drives. the bios recognize both drives just fine but windows is not. it > only > lists me as having one C: drive with 250 gig and the other one is not > listed > at all. is there some setting in windows that i need to enable? > > any help is greatly appreciated |
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06-29-2008
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| | Re: multiple hard drives problem You need to initialise the disk, partition, format and assign a drive letter in Disk Management. In Windows Start type diskmgmt.msc and then hit Enter. "taylorstapleton" <taylorstapleton@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:F100ECEB-E942-4844-BAF6-373190A75BBC@xxxxxx Quote: > okay so i just built this new computer, and i installed two 250 gig hard > drives. the bios recognize both drives just fine but windows is not. it > only > lists me as having one C: drive with 250 gig and the other one is not > listed > at all. is there some setting in windows that i need to enable? > > any help is greatly appreciated |
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06-29-2008
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| | Re: multiple hard drives problem Thanks, Colin. Jerry "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:39B55F1D-1B24-4D89-930B-75D5EC6A4B47@xxxxxx Quote: > The problem is that they are new drives and he has to inialize the second > one like PvdG42 says. Everything is hunky dorey. The OP just needs to > complete normal set up of the drive. > > "JerryM" <jerrym526@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:uhK74vi2IHA.416@xxxxxx Quote: >> Go into your BIOS and be sure the second hard drive is recognized, if not >> , Windows can't see it. |
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06-29-2008
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| | Re: multiple hard drives problem You can go to the Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management Quote: > then in the left pane, click Disk Management. If you see the disk in it. Then Vista will see it with no problems. -- Dustin Harper dharper@xxxxxx http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...eAPostAsAnswer "taylorstapleton" <taylorstapleton@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:F100ECEB-E942-4844-BAF6-373190A75BBC@xxxxxx Quote: > okay so i just built this new computer, and i installed two 250 gig hard > drives. the bios recognize both drives just fine but windows is not. it > only > lists me as having one C: drive with 250 gig and the other one is not > listed > at all. is there some setting in windows that i need to enable? > > any help is greatly appreciated |
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06-29-2008
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| | RE: multiple hard drives problem thanks so much you guys. totally solved my problem. "taylorstapleton" wrote: Quote: > okay so i just built this new computer, and i installed two 250 gig hard > drives. the bios recognize both drives just fine but windows is not. it only > lists me as having one C: drive with 250 gig and the other one is not listed > at all. is there some setting in windows that i need to enable? > > any help is greatly appreciated |
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