I have two hard drives one is the one with my os on it and its just fine and the second one is 250G's. it just wont get detected. My bios can detect that the HDD is there but the OS wont. like when i go to disk management it say that its unallocated. i try to initialize it and it GIVES my the option to do it but after i click OK nothing happens. still not initialized. i tried doing this with easus disk partitioner but it give s me an error when it gets done creating a primary partition for the hard drive. but i really CANT do anything to make it usable.

Ohh the primary hard drive (C:) is the master and the pins are set the right way (master with slave) and the secondary is set to slave

ThanksOhh and they're ATA HDD'sWill it work in Safe Mode ?


Try again in safe mode, using disk management.They need to be formatted before Windows can use them...
If disk management is being stubborn DLoad install and use the Free diagnostics to prep the drive from the drive manuf. site...Quote from: patio on April 25, 2010, 06:25:24 AM

They need to be formatted before Windows can use them...

I think he knows that

I wouldn't assume...initialising a drive and formatting it are seperate functions...

And besides if the drive is prepped properly with the HDD diagnostics an does not work he would reach the same conclusion that it's his Windows install as the culprit...same as with your method.

Unallocated Space - Definition

Unallocated Space is available disk space that is not allocated to any volume. The type of volume that you can create on unallocated space depends on the disk type. On basic disks, you can use unallocated space to create primary or extended partitions. On dynamic disks, you can use unallocated space to create dynamic volumes.

yeah i tried formatting it and nothing happened to was able to use it but when i tryed to boot the usb with windows copy on it it didnt appear on the disk drive list.

1. when i go to disk management it say that its unallocated.
2. i try to initialize it and it gives my the option to do it but after i click OK nothing happens. still not initialized.
3. i tried doing this with easus disk partitioner but it give s me an error when it gets done creating a primary partition for the hard drive. but i really cant do anything to make it usable.
4. Ohh the primary hard drive (C:) is the master and the pins are set the right way (master with slave) and the secondary is set to slave...