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Hard Drive Problems
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Posted by: Mountaindew782
I recently tried to install a second hard drive for extra storage on my computer. I dont want to boot from the drive i just want to use it for storage. After i physically put the drive into the computer and connected everything correctly i turn on the computer and in the bios none of my hard drives or cd roms were detected. I try auto detect and i get nothing. So i switched which hard drive was connected to the end and the middle of the ide cable and the hard drives were detected but not my cd roms. I continued booting the computer and it took a lot longer than usual. When i went to "my computer" the new hard drive didnt show up. I have tried several different jumper setting and nothing seems to work. I have windows xp pro if that helps.
Thanks, Andrew
Posted by: C-Money
Did you set one hd to slave?
Posted by: Mountaindew782
Yes I did.
Posted by: Mountaindew782
Would it matter if the storage hd wasnt formatted?
Posted by: BekZoR
Greetings!
Make sure that the jumper settings on your original hard drive are set to master and not cable select. If you have your second hard drive set to slave, and the first one is on cable select, you won't see the new hard drive.
So, hard drive one (original one with windows boot data) set to master.
Hard drive two (doesn't matter if it's not formatted - you can do that in Windows) set to slave.
That should work. If it doesn't, make sure that the IDE cables are set up correctly. (Assuming your IDE cables have two connections on them):
If you're using one IDE channel, make sure the master hd is connected at the end of the IDE cable (farthest from the motherboard). Make sure the new hd is connected on the second port of the IDE cable, closest to the motherboard.
If you're using two IDE channels, make sure you have the master hd using IDE channel 1, and make sure it's on the end of the IDE cable (farthest from the motherboard). Do the same of the other hd, but on channel 2.
Cheers!
Posted by: redwench
the bios will detect the new drive if you have the hardware settings set properly, but windows requires a partitioned and formatted drive to detect it.
make sure the jumper settings are correct, and the hardware is connected to the appropriate part of the cable.
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