It depends on which Windows version you are using, but there is a selection in the Drives/Controllers in Device Manager that can disable the Primary or Secondary Harddrive Controller or both. On W98, it is in the Hard Disk Controller/Master IDE/Properties/Settings. On W2k, it is on the Primary and Secondary Harddisk Controllers(2). It is possible this may have been set wrong by mistake as a result of the Crash.
Is it formatted? Is it jumpered? It should not be jumpered, as it will be perceived as Secondary Master and Master Laptop harddrives do not need jumpers. Is it mounted circuit board side up in the Module? I have an old 810mb IBM so configured and it is recognized by BIOS and Windows just fine.
Yes, it's already formatted. I had it in my computer before, and Windows crashed so I had to reformat the c: drive and reinstall Windows. Now that Windows is back up, I can't get it to recognize the g:
I know that, I was merely stating what OS I'm running... I haven't found anything to help the situation in the Device Manager. Any other ideas on what I need to do?
In W2K, you will have to go into the Computer Management part of the Administrative tools and initialize the disk. I have a web page that addresses how to set up a hard drive in WinXP but it applies to W2K also.
The disk has been moved to your computer from another Windows 2000 computer. However, the moved disk has not been set up for use on your computer. A warning icon appears on disks that display the Foreign status. Only dynamic disks display the Foreign status.
If you want to use the foreign disk and any volumes on that disk, you must add the disk to your computer's system configuration. To add a disk to your computer's system configuration, import the foreign disk (using the Import Foreign Disks command). Any existing volumes on the foreign disk become visible and accessible when you import the disk.
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Message Edited by leduke30 on 02-01-2004 07:08 PM
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I have Windows 2000 Professional.
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In W2K, you will have to go into the Computer Management part of the Administrative tools and initialize the disk. I have a web page that addresses how to set up a hard drive in WinXP but it applies to W2K also.
http://www.bay-wolf.com/setupmedbay.htm
You can ignore the part about setting up the partitions and formating since you already have this done.
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I tried that... here's what mine shows: Any ideas?
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The disk has been moved to your computer from another Windows 2000 computer. However, the moved disk has not been set up for use on your computer. A warning icon appears on disks that display the Foreign status. Only dynamic disks display the Foreign status.
If you want to use the foreign disk and any volumes on that disk, you must add the disk to your computer's system configuration. To add a disk to your computer's system configuration, import the foreign disk (using the Import Foreign Disks command). Any existing volumes on the foreign disk become visible and accessible when you import the disk.
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