Thanks Hugh. I forgot about as I don't work on computers much anymore and forget how to do things. It's formatting right now and is set as active. Rocky Fithian If GOD doesn't seem near, Who moved? http://web.sccoast.net/users/rockyfit/webpagelinks.htm Rolling Thunder SC3...Part Of It...Proud of it. http://www.rollingthundergrandstrand.com/SC3_HomePageMar07.html SC Patriot Guard...Part Of It...Proud of it. http://www.patriotguard.org/Home/tabid/53/Default.aspxhttp -----Original Message----- From: pcworks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pcworks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hugh Vandervoort Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 5:18 PM To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [PCWorks] Hard Drive 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 ========================= ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-