Comp can't detect new hard drive

topic start out here http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic153196.html but Bron' told me to make a thread here.

basically, i had a infected HD in an old comp... i nuked it, and put it in a new comp... not showing up, wont show up on bios. help!

ok i went to device manager and uninstalled it, then re plugged everything back up... it says adding new hardware and that its adding a drive...

i restart...


its still not there! the hell...

You have to "follow the Windows trail" meaning.... the disk must appear

1. First in Device Manager. Is it there and installed OK?

2. Only when after verifying it's in DevMgr, then next check Disk Management. Is it there?

3. Only after it's in Disk Management, then you can next check in My Computer and Explorer

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Also.. you say it does NOT appear in BIOS but you said it appears in DevMgr? That doesn't sound possible.. unless you were looking at hidden/ghost devices in DevMgr?????

its in device manager how do i get to disk management?

Rt click My Computer->Manage->Disk Management

Start by looking at lower pane in the window which shows:
> Physical disks
> and partitions on each disk

i see it!

disk 1
unknown
40gig
not initialized
unallocated

excuse the double post, but as i know you're seeing my replies in near "realtime"


btw.. is the new physical disk formatted??? does it have a partition defined??? If NO, it'll still be Disk Management but won't be in My Computer or Explorer

i take it i right click and initialize? jus tryin to check with the pros haha...

Bingo! Per my last post, that's probably you're problem. Format it

whats the best way to do that? just right click and initialize?

Rt click the drive-> Format. Choose NTFS for the filesystem and let 'er rip

when i right click it only gives the option to initialize.

OH.. which version of Windows are you running? (I'm looking at an XP machine, your's is probably different?

xp home sp3

Hmm.. i thought you'd see Format but, sure, go ahead and click initialize on the new disk

OK. yea.. just double checked.. and since it's a new disk, you'll see Initialize

ok i initialized it... but its not showing up on the top part of disk management or at my computer

do i make a partion?

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Disk-management-under-Windows-XP-31331.shtml

Oh. And you only want a BASIC disk (ignore any instruction about dynamic disks)