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  • detoxed
    vip member
    • Jan 2003
    • 17798
    #1

    2nd hard drive.. Windows not seeing it...

    Ok, I plugged in a hard drive from an old desktop of mine to a newer desktop.... when I turn on the computer it spins and seems to work ok, but when Windows starts loading it stops spinning and its nowhere to be found in Windows.

    Anyone know what BIOS settings I need, etc for this to work?
    Everything looks right as far as I can tell.
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    • hyper
      Confirmed User
      • Mar 2002
      • 5294
      #2
      you probably have to set the jumper on the drive to slave
      then set the bios to autodetect

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        • loverboy
          When it rains, it pours
          • May 2003
          • 20609
          #3
          have you checked the jumper settings of the new HD?
          make sure its set to slave and try to check this out at the BIOS setup during boot on.

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            • detoxed
              vip member
              • Jan 2003
              • 17798
              #4
              Originally posted by hyper
              you probably have to set the jumper on the drive to slave
              Tried every possible setting on that... none worked.

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                • baddog
                  So Fucking Banned
                  • Apr 2001
                  • 107089
                  #5
                  Originally posted by hyper
                  you probably have to set the jumper on the drive to slave
                  then set the bios to autodetect
                  yep

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                    • $5 submissions
                      I help you SUCCEED
                      • Nov 2003
                      • 32189
                      #6
                      Which version of Windows OS you running?

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                        • hyper
                          Confirmed User
                          • Mar 2002
                          • 5294
                          #7
                          Originally posted by detoxed


                          Tried every possible setting on that... none worked.
                          then in the bios you need to enter the data from the hd manually

                          find out if its slave 1 or 2

                          then from the sticker on the hd, copy
                          the cylinders, heads, sectors and enter it into the bios

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                            • infectd
                              Confirmed User
                              • Dec 2002
                              • 1122
                              #8
                              Im guessing its a new drive. If so try going into your administrative tools> Disk Management . If you see it in that window there then just right click and set it active and format it to NTFS. Hope that helps.

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