I have 2 SATA drives that i cant seem to work together.

Heres my computer info from running my dxdiag

Machine name: THELICENSOR
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3, v.3311 (2600.xpsp.080212-0005)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: PCCHIPS
System Model: A13G
BIOS: )Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3800+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.4GHz
Memory: 3582MB RAM
Page File: 339MB used, 5124MB available

my drives are a seagate ST3320620AS. this is the one that has my operating system on it. 320gb

the other one is a Hitachi Deskstar HDT722525DLA380. it has a 250gb capacity and its completely empty.

now here is the baffling part. both of them show up on my pc under the icon safely remove hardware. yet when i go into My Computer it doesnt show up at all.

ive checked for driver upgrades also so it isnt a driver issue. any help with this or ideas would be appreciated.


If you are able to access your computer's BIOS, do the drives show up in BIOS?Are the drives, perhaps still in RAW?

I had a few brand new drives that did this to me...solution was to go into disk management and format them that WAY

The way to get there escapes me right now though....anybody remember?

Kurtisyeah they both show up in the bios.

and if you could remember how to do that because the only way i know how to format a DRIVE is by installing windows on it or right clicking it on my computer.....which it doesnt show up loldoes it show up in device manager? if it does you could try reinstalling the hardware.click start > click RUN > type in "diskmgmt.msc" without the quotes

on the bottom of the page you should SEE ALL your drives. your new hatachi drive should show up and should be seen at the bottom section of the page and in the left hand column in RAW format. right click the right hand column that lines up with your new drive and select format.Thats the one that should fix it right up The other way into Disk Management is right clik My Computer...select Manage...then Disk Management.

i like to start programs via the "Run..." OPTION, it makes me feel more nerdy. Quote from: homer on May 02, 2008, 04:05:37 PM

i like to start programs via the "Run..." option, it makes me feel more nerdy.