Re: 2 HDD, 1 HDD - oh make up your mind !!

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From: neil (neilp_67_at_hot_mail.com)
Date: 01/29/05


Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 14:15:37 GMT

Another thought, did you use any software management on the drive or could
it be that both drives are marked as active.??

I'm clutching at straws a bit here.

Neil
"Adomonster" <Adomonster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B58F4D69-6E4E-4E42-A433-4B81AA69FBFE@microsoft.com...
>I have installed a new HDD with new XP install and slaved my old HDD to
> transfer data and settings manually. The slave can be seen in the DOS at
> machine power on, and is in the Device Manager profile. I can activate and
> deactivate it. but it doesn't show in My Computer, nor can I access it in
> any
> other way. I know I could burn the files onto a CD, but I wanted to use
> the
> old disk as storage for MP3s once data is transferred, so need it to be
> visible in My Computer.



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