Why won't my PC recognise the new hard drive I've intalled?

[jæd]

I would:

* move the computer to location thats more comfortable to work on
* if you haven't tried moving the jumper to the slave position then do so.

 

[ska invita]

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[Louloubelle]

I would:

* move the computer to location thats more comfortable to work on
* if you haven't tried moving the jumper to the slave position then do so.

oh noez

that means I have to remove the spaghetti junction at the back...

I suppose it has to be done

 

[revol68]

sounds like you just need to format the drive.

stick your xp disk in and reboot the machine, start as if you are going to install a fresh version of windows but only go so far as formatting the new hardrive with a minimum partition, once that is done, restart the computer and it should show up in windows.

 

[obanite]

sounds like you just need to format the drive.

stick your xp disk in and reboot the machine, start as if you are going to install a fresh version of windows but only go so far as formatting the new hardrive with a minimum partition, once that is done, restart the computer and it should show up in windows.

Wha...? Her BIOS isn't recognising it from what I've read. Plus she has data on it, she doesn't want to be formatting it...

 

[Psychonaut]

Sounds like the same issue i had putting a fresh drive in. Nothing to do with bios or formatting, it simply had to be 'initialised' in windows.

E2A: (in XP pro) control panel - administrative tools - computer management - disk management. right click 'mark partition as active'