Re: [PCWorks] Hard Drive

  • From: Hugh Vandervoort <hughv2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:18:12 -0400

Have you looked in Disk Management?
If it's there, rt-click, partition and format.

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Rocky Fithian <rockyfit@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just added a used Hitachi Deskstar 80 gb hard drive to a
> Gateway computer with XP Home OS as a second drive. I set  the
> original to master and the second one to slave. They had been
> cable select the first time I tried it. In device manager it
> says it is operating correctly, but I don't see the drive
> anywhere except there. Under volume it says it's not
> initialized when you bring up properties. I have to second
> drive at the end of the cable because it didn't work connected
> the other way.
>
> Any ideas to try?
>
> Rocky Fithian
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