I'll check the bios tomorrow, Both drives are set on CS. The second drive is exactly as it was. There was a lot of problems installing the OS, which was done twice. This drive stored only MP3's, if we accidently wiped them out would the drive still show. Thanks.
You could also try this reset procedure. Boot to system setup. Turn on Caps Lock, Scroll Lock, Num Lock, Press ALT+E then ALT+F then ALT+B and the IDE devices should be redetect on reboot.
I am setting up an ATA-100 hard drive size 200 GB in Dimension 8100 and will be intending, after stable, to add secondary drive that is 80 GB (originally was the only hard drive and was running Windows Me). On other Dell Optiplex systems 150 and 260 once I added the 80 GB as a secondary hard drive, once I started trying to do a COPY from the 80 GB drive, it made BOTH drives "freeze" and then would not re-boot (invisible).
Following the advise here my drive still wouldn't appear. I guess the 80gb's of MP3's was accidentally erased when trying to install XP, long story. Tonight I reformatted this drive and now it shows up in My Computer.
Now the help I need is ... How do I get it to appear in Windows Explorer? Thanks Again.
Don't overlook the basics: new drives don't show up in the OS until they are partitioned and formatted. Right click "My computer", then click "Manage", then "Disk Management". You should see a big ole unpartitioned space ready to work with. Here you can set partition size and type, and also format it.
If you want a drive larger in the D8100 than 137 Gb, you would need upgareade the BIOS to A09 or XP2 that will support 48-Bit LBA. and would need to be running XP SP1/SP2 or Windows 2000 SP4 or install a IDE PCI controller card.
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I'll check the bios tomorrow, Both drives are set on CS. The second drive is exactly as it was. There was a lot of problems installing the OS, which was done twice. This drive stored only MP3's, if we accidently wiped them out would the drive still show. Thanks.
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bookie.
You could also try this reset procedure. Boot to system setup. Turn on Caps Lock, Scroll Lock, Num Lock, Press ALT+E then ALT+F then ALT+B and the IDE devices should be redetect on reboot.
Bev.
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Message Edited by bookie31 on 12-06-2004 05:36 PM
Message Edited by bookie31 on 12-06-2004 05:38 PM
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Don't overlook the basics: new drives don't show up in the OS until they are partitioned and formatted. Right click "My computer", then click "Manage", then "Disk Management". You should see a big ole unpartitioned space ready to work with. Here you can set partition size and type, and also format it.
Good luck!
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BBraxton.
If you want a drive larger in the D8100 than 137 Gb, you would need upgareade the BIOS to A09 or XP2 that will support 48-Bit LBA.
and would need to be running XP SP1/SP2 or Windows 2000 SP4 or install a IDE PCI controller card.
Bev.