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June 29th 08, 08:50 PM
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multiple hard drives problem
okay so i just built this new computer, and i installed two 250 gig hard
drives. the bios recognize both drives just fine but windows is not. it only lists me as having one C: drive with 250 gig and the other one is not listed at all. is there some setting in windows that i need to enable? any help is greatly appreciated 
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June 29th 08, 09:05 PM
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multiple hard drives problem
"taylorstapleton" wrote in
message ... okay so i just built this new computer, and i installed two 250 gig hard drives. the bios recognize both drives just fine but windows is not. it only lists me as having one C: drive with 250 gig and the other one is not listed at all. is there some setting in windows that i need to enable? any help is greatly appreciated Is the second drive partitioned and formatted? The process of installing your OS took care of that on the OS drive, but before programs like Windows Explorer will "see" the second drive, it must be partitioned and formatted. Go into Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Disk Management and check for the second drive. If it's there, you can partition and format it.
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June 29th 08, 09:05 PM
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Go into your BIOS and be sure the second hard drive is recognized, if not ,
Windows can't see it. "taylorstapleton" wrote in message ... okay so i just built this new computer, and i installed two 250 gig hard drives. the bios recognize both drives just fine but windows is not. it only lists me as having one C: drive with 250 gig and the other one is not listed at all. is there some setting in windows that i need to enable? any help is greatly appreciated
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June 29th 08, 09:16 PM
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You need to initialise the disk, partition, format and assign a drive letter
in Disk Management. In Windows Start type diskmgmt.msc and then hit Enter. "taylorstapleton" wrote in message ... okay so i just built this new computer, and i installed two 250 gig hard drives. the bios recognize both drives just fine but windows is not. it only lists me as having one C: drive with 250 gig and the other one is not listed at all. is there some setting in windows that i need to enable? any help is greatly appreciated
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June 29th 08, 09:32 PM
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The problem is that they are new drives and he has to inialize the second
one like PvdG42 says. Everything is hunky dorey. The OP just needs to complete normal set up of the drive. "JerryM" wrote in message ... Go into your BIOS and be sure the second hard drive is recognized, if not , Windows can't see it. "taylorstapleton" wrote in message ... okay so i just built this new computer, and i installed two 250 gig hard drives. the bios recognize both drives just fine but windows is not. it only lists me as having one C: drive with 250 gig and the other one is not listed at all. is there some setting in windows that i need to enable? any help is greatly appreciated
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June 29th 08, 10:14 PM
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Thanks, Colin.
Jerry "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message ... The problem is that they are new drives and he has to inialize the second one like PvdG42 says. Everything is hunky dorey. The OP just needs to complete normal set up of the drive. "JerryM" wrote in message ... Go into your BIOS and be sure the second hard drive is recognized, if not , Windows can't see it. Snip
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June 29th 08, 10:52 PM
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You can go to the Control Panel Administrative Tools Computer Management
then in the left pane, click Disk Management. If you see the disk in there, you should be able to right click it and partition it, then format it. Then Vista will see it with no problems. -- Dustin Harper http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...eAPostAsAnswer "taylorstapleton" wrote in message ... okay so i just built this new computer, and i installed two 250 gig hard drives. the bios recognize both drives just fine but windows is not. it only lists me as having one C: drive with 250 gig and the other one is not listed at all. is there some setting in windows that i need to enable? any help is greatly appreciated
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June 30th 08, 02:36 AM
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thanks so much you guys. totally solved my problem.
"taylorstapleton" wrote: okay so i just built this new computer, and i installed two 250 gig hard drives. the bios recognize both drives just fine but windows is not. it only lists me as having one C: drive with 250 gig and the other one is not listed at all. is there some setting in windows that i need to enable? any help is greatly appreciated
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