Re: XP does not recognise my second hard disk

Hi, Stan.

On XP, however, my master HD is Drive 0, bit it is the LS120 which is identified as Drive 1, with no mention of my 40GB slave disk.

If you unplug the LS-120, does WinXP's Disk Management see your slave drive as Drive 1? Is your 40 GB HD connected (and jumpered) as Primary Slave, as Secondary Slave or as Secondary Master? Same question for the LS-120?

I have a 120 MW LS120 installed which doubles as a 1.44 MB floppy drive, although it needs the same EIDE connection as any other HD.

I've never had an LS-120 drive, but I suspect that this is the root of your problem. Not that the LS-120 is not a good idea, but that it uses the IDE connection. I thought that the LS-120 connected to the FDD. Perhaps a special Floppy Disk Drive controller to handle the LS-120 as a floppy sometimes and as an LS-120 at other times.

Your answer may lie in the details of your LS-120 owner's manual. Make sure that your LS-120 jumpers, cables and settings are compatible with your BIOS and CMOS settings.

You didn't mention either LS-120 or your Buslink HD in your first post. Any other non-typical features that we should know about in your system? If you tell us about those, it might keep us from going on a wild goose chase - or sending you on one. :>(

RC
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"patti" <patti@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:O53hKoNQFHA.3496@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi guys, Thanks for your advice. I followed your instructions but nothing happened. The second HD was not recognised. I also have an external 40 GB Buslink HD, and that also was not recognised on XP until it was powered up with XP running (but I did have software for that Buslink HD).

I should add that there is one complication on my PC. I have a 120 MW LS120 installed which doubles as a 1.44 MB floppy drive, although it needs the same EIDE connection as any other HD. On Win 98SE, BelArc Advisor identifies it as having a floppy drive, with my master HD identified as Drive 0 and the slave HD as Drive 1. On XP, however, my master HD is Drive 0, bit it is the LS120 which is identified as Drive 1, with no mention of my 40GB slave disk.

I don't understand why XP should prove to be so difficult to use. Win 95, 98, and ME gave me no trouble. I am quickly losing patience with XP.
Any further suggestions would be welcome.

Stan



"Jesse" <Jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:CB2A5963-5DB0-4708-A2FB-4EE77AA90627@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Try right clicking on "My Computer" than chose "Manage" than chose "Disk
Management" on the left (in XP). Now do you see both of your hdd's listed?
If so what is the "type" and "status?" I do not reccomend using 98 if you
have xp. 98 does not support NTFS which is a much faster and more secure FS.
You can convert your Fat into NTFS through the command prompt. Looks like
im getting away form the main point. Let me know what is the type and its
status? Try right clicking on the drive you dont see and change it to
active or basic, I cant remember which it is. It should not mess up your
files on the hdd. Good luck and reply here, ill be looking out for it.

"patti" wrote:

My PC has two hard disks - a 20 GB master and a 40GB slave, and is set up
to dual boot with Windows 98SE and XP installed in separate partitions on
the 20GB hard disk. While 98SE recognises both installed hard disks, XP will
only recognise the 20 GB master disk. Is there anything I missed when
installing XP?Thanks for any help or advice you can give me.

Stanley 

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