installing 2nd hard drive

I just installed a second HD in my pc, but it's not being detected.

Can somebody tell me how to get it up and running?

 

does it detect it at the opening screen, when it says Detecting IDE Drives?

and or is ur windows is not detecting it?

by the way which Operating system are u using , XP?

if u cud kindly give us some details about your hard disk and computer as well, it will make things easiers for guys around here.

see ya

 

Is it in Device manager?

 

You most likely have to RAID them together so the computer reads them as a whole. It is REALLY easy to RAID, all you pretty much need is a wire set.

 

my freind is having the same problem i tried to fix it for him he has a dell windows xp home edition. i gave him my old hardrive but it still has stuff in it do i have to format it first becouse we connected both and sometimes it show my old computer or his.

 

it does not detect it while booting up.

windows does not detect it either.

it is not in my device manager.

when i right click on my computer & disk management, it's not there.

i'm using xp, the drive is a 250 SATA.

whats raid? and why do i need that?

thanks for helping me !!!

 

Sounds like you need the drivers installed for it to recognise your SATA drive. You may need to get a floppy disc with the RAID drivers (should have come with MOBO software), you insert driver floppy into floppy drive (how many times do I have to say floppy!?). Then you will need to configure your RAID set up before you go any further.
You can then stick in your XP disc & install windows. It has been a year since I did it, so I am a little bit sketchy as to the sequence! Unless you have the drivers installed, your MOBO will not recognise the HD!

 

double check the jumpers

 

1. Are you installing this as just extra storage?
2. What is the model number of the motherboard and its approximate age?

 

what cable is the drive on as in primary or secondary? what is the drive jumpered as as in master, slave or cable select? in the bios did you try to auto detect the drive or just saw in bios not seen?

josue814,what is the drive jumpered as & is it the same on other hd & are both on same cable??

>>secondary. i don't know how to use the bios. each hd has it's own cable.

Sounds like you need the drivers installed for it to recognise your SATA drive. You may need to get a floppy disc with the RAID drivers (should have come with MOBO software), you insert driver floppy into floppy drive (how many times do I have to say floppy!?). Then you will need to configure your RAID set up before you go any further.
You can then stick in your XP disc & install windows. It has been a year since I did it, so I am a little bit sketchy as to the sequence! Unless you have the drivers installed, your MOBO will not recognise the HD!

>> you need drivers to install a hd? i didn't get any drivers. why do i need raid drivers? i don't have raid. i don't even know what raid is.

double check the jumpers

>> check. all looks good.

1. Are you installing this as just extra storage?
2. What is the model number of the motherboard and its approximate age?

>>1. yes and no. i'm have severe issues with viruses, i can't get rid of them when i get them, so i always end up re-installing my os. it's the only thing that works. i just re-installed my os a week ago, and already i have grayware that housecall can't remove. microsoft beta and adaware don't even see it. so i'm going to install 2 more hd's, i'll have one for downloading, one for media, and one for my os. i'm hearing that the viruses will be contained on the one hd. can i have some opinions on this matter?

2. i do not know the model number, or it's age. i bought it from dell 3 months ago.

 

The Dell machines I have seen before don't have their BIOS settings set to auto detect IDE devices unless the devices were supplied by Dell.

You will have to change the BIOS settings if you have added extra hardware.

 

i think thats my problem, i have a dell. and i have tried everything.

thanks dude, i'll call them tomorrow.