Second drive not being found.

Question

Hi, I just got a Western Digital 320GB Caviar SE16 7200rpm SATA II w/ 16MB Cache, but windows won't found it. I have look on the net a bit and it says that I need to enable it from the BIOS, which I did but it still won't find it. I also read that I need to install some drivers with it, but when i got the HD its didn't come with any and I couldn'f find any on either WD or Dell's site for this model. Any ideas on what is going on? Thanks

mombodog · Answer

Go to  Control Panel/Administrative tools/Computer Management/Disk Management, now stretch the window out big, can you see an unallocated drive in there?   Read this starting at  'How to create a new partition or a new logical drive'   http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000/en-us

Alman00 · Answer

Its not there, only things that are is my first HD, my DVD ROM and DVD burner. Message Edited by Alman00 on 03-12-2007 10:49 PM

Alman00 · Answer

One like the red cable (bottom picture).

mombodog · Answer

You have the correct data cable, they come loose easily, check it, the connectors on the hard drive are fragile, be careful.

Try another power cable if it is available. Can you hear the drive spin up when the PC powers up?

Re check the bios, to make sure the changes for that drive you made took. Is it identified in the bios by model number?

If all else fails try another data cable, they can go bad for no apparrent reason.

Message Edited by mombodog on 03-12-2007 11:22 PM

mombodog · Answer

What type of sata cable did you use, one like this?     or this?

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Second drive not being found.

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