Re: Hard Drives

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From: Daniel Carwile (DannyCarwile_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 01/14/05 

Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 15:35:06 -0500

    Is it a brand new hd? If it's brand new and no partition is defined and
formatted it won't show up. Run FDISK. That will allow you to set the hd
up. You'll need to have a bootable floppy with FDISK on it. I use a Win98
boot disk. It has FDISK. I also added Format.com to it and use it as a
general utility disk. If you use a Win98 boot disk just select the option
to boot with no CD support. Then type FDISK. Make sure you select the
second disk before you format anything. I knew a guy that forgot to switch
to the new secondary disk and formatted his C drive. There should be other
utilities around also.

    Danny

"BATA" <BATA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5955003B-6377-4699-8BB9-0AC76D7F13D7@microsoft.com...
>I open up my computer and only shows one hard drive. (I have 2).
> It shows both at startup.
> How do I get it to show the other drive.
> In the managament section I can see the drive but not on My computer.
> Thanks

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