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Posted: **Thu May 06, 2004 2:37 pm**

Is it detected in the Bios? It should probably show as "Slave" on IDE 0 / 1 / or 2.
brad

Posted: **Thu May 06, 2004 2:56 pm**

Posted: **Thu May 06, 2004 3:16 pm**

Ok, what about "Device Manager" under "Disk Drives"?
brad

Posted: **Thu May 06, 2004 3:25 pm**

In Device Manager, under Disk Drives, there is a "Generic IDE Disk Type46". Under settings says "Current drive letter assignment = C". There is also a generic floppy disk drive too.

I just remembered something...whether it matters or not I don't know... The 2 hard drives I have now are Not the ones that came with the computer. The original hard drive was destroyed a few years back and we had to buy a new one.

Posted: **Thu May 06, 2004 3:50 pm**

In your BIOS set that drive to auto Detect or take the info off the HDD and configure it manually.Save the changes and reboot.

Posted: **Thu May 06, 2004 6:46 pm**

I checked all the cables, wrote down all the information etc on the drive and I have done a diagnostic check on it. Everything passed (The disk isn't broken!!) but the Partition Information is absent.

Can I partition the hard drive and Keep all my data? Or does partitioning it wipe the hard drive?

Posted: **Thu May 06, 2004 7:54 pm**

Posted: **Thu May 06, 2004 8:40 pm**

I have two very different hard drives. One is a Maxtor 20GB and the other is a Maxtor 40GB. They are not the same drive, they are separate.

Posted: **Fri May 07, 2004 1:06 am**

Did try and config it manually in the BIOS?

Posted: **Fri May 07, 2004 4:28 pm**

Posted: **Fri May 07, 2004 4:51 pm**

Just got my computer back from the shop and unfortunately, there was no data on my D drive. When I reinstalled windows, according to the guy at the shop, it also formatted the d drive, thus erasing all the files. So that is 5 years worth of Kazaa gone! I had about 20GB of mp3s and videos, so I am a wee bit miffed. Oh well, looks like I am gunna be spending a lot of time on Kazaa getting it all back. Poo!

Thanks for your help anyway, shame it wasn't needed in the end

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My computer cannot find my second hard drive

My computer cannot find my second hard drive