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HardDisk issue, soo close to fixing it, need help



 
 
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Old February 11th 07, 04:25 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
ChronoShadow
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Default HardDisk issue, soo close to fixing it, need help

Okay, I had to upgrade my motherboard and processor the other day, and found
it was cheaper to just buy a whole new computer for what i needed, sooo, i
did. It had Vista pre-installed on it already, so i figured i'd give vista a
shot. I installed my old harddrive with EVERYTHING i had on my old computer
into the new machine with the help of a friend.

Now comes the problem. the computer detects my old hd, it downloaded drivers
for my old hd, and it lists my HD's model number in the device manager list.
HOWEVER, the driver does not show up under Computer, I cant seem to get
access to it, and when i populate the volumes tab under properties, it shows
the right info, but no listing for the Volume. Its just a blank out next to
the drivers icon, and I dont know how to assign a volume letter to it.

I feel like i'm sooooo close to getting it fixed finally... HELP!
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Old February 11th 07, 05:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
David A. Lessnau
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Default HardDisk issue, soo close to fixing it, need help

Under Computer Management | Disk Management, can you right-click on the
drive and give it a drive letter?




"ChronoShadow" wrote in message
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Okay, I had to upgrade my motherboard and processor the other day, and
found
it was cheaper to just buy a whole new computer for what i needed, sooo, i
did. It had Vista pre-installed on it already, so i figured i'd give vista
a
shot. I installed my old harddrive with EVERYTHING i had on my old
computer
into the new machine with the help of a friend.

Now comes the problem. the computer detects my old hd, it downloaded
drivers
for my old hd, and it lists my HD's model number in the device manager
list.
HOWEVER, the driver does not show up under Computer, I cant seem to get
access to it, and when i populate the volumes tab under properties, it
shows
the right info, but no listing for the Volume. Its just a blank out next
to
the drivers icon, and I dont know how to assign a volume letter to it.

I feel like i'm sooooo close to getting it fixed finally... HELP!


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Old February 11th 07, 06:05 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
ChronoShadow
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Default HardDisk issue, soo close to fixing it, need help

OOOH! Thank you soooo much david! That was just what I needed to do. You dont
know how much stress this takes off my mind man.
 




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