Hoping somewhere here on this board can help me with my pc problem.
I bought used pc from that famous auction site... the hard-drive was bad when it arrived (Maxtor 80gb) so installed a used Western Digital 40gb instead.
Formatted and then loaded XP Pro on it...that worked fine.. but as I wanted some extra storage for all pictures and stuff, I installed a second hard-drive tonight ( Western Digital 80 gb, also used but was told in working condition.
I set the settings on the two drives as Master and Slave..with the operating system (40 gb as the master with XP loaded...and the 80gb as slave with the pin's.
I booted it up and a flag came up (Found new hardware) and after a short while another flag came up..(Your new hardware is ready to use)
Eureka !! I thought.....njaaa...not exactly right ........
When I go to "my computer" it doesn't show up
If I click on DISC C in the same screen and "propertys" the second hard drive (80) shows up ?
Why doesn't it show on 'My PC ?
and I was trying to defragment the whole pc...the second hard-drive doesn't show up either...and same with Norton...just drive C shows up ?
It's there, but no icon and not able to format or use it...
Im stumpfed.......
this pc..HP Pavilion A 288 N.
It boots up without any problem..takes some time but think that's OK, and no flicker or error messages...Just the second hard-drive doesn't seem to be around, but the property section it says it's enabled and working..
Any ideas ?
Am I out on deep waters or is this a easy fix for a newbie like me ?
I bought used pc from that famous auction site... the hard-drive was bad when it arrived (Maxtor 80gb) so installed a used Western Digital 40gb instead.
Formatted and then loaded XP Pro on it...that worked fine.. but as I wanted some extra storage for all pictures and stuff, I installed a second hard-drive tonight ( Western Digital 80 gb, also used but was told in working condition.
I set the settings on the two drives as Master and Slave..with the operating system (40 gb as the master with XP loaded...and the 80gb as slave with the pin's.
I booted it up and a flag came up (Found new hardware) and after a short while another flag came up..(Your new hardware is ready to use)
Eureka !! I thought.....njaaa...not exactly right ........
When I go to "my computer" it doesn't show up
If I click on DISC C in the same screen and "propertys" the second hard drive (80) shows up ?
Why doesn't it show on 'My PC ?
and I was trying to defragment the whole pc...the second hard-drive doesn't show up either...and same with Norton...just drive C shows up ?
It's there, but no icon and not able to format or use it...
Im stumpfed.......
this pc..HP Pavilion A 288 N.
It boots up without any problem..takes some time but think that's OK, and no flicker or error messages...Just the second hard-drive doesn't seem to be around, but the property section it says it's enabled and working..
Any ideas ?
Am I out on deep waters or is this a easy fix for a newbie like me ?