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HELP! I screwed something up

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JE78

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I tried to install a new hard drive today, this is what I did. I had a 60gb, and a 200gb installed. I removed the 60gb and put in a new 200gb, I started the computer and installed XP pro on the new 200gb. Windows started up but the other 200gb wasn't showing up under my computer. It was showing up in the device manager but no where else. So then I removed the new 200gb that I just installed XP on and put my old 60gb back in, started it up and the 200gb still isn't showing up. Its showing up in the device manager but no where else. I had have all the saveed and important files on that 200gb, could some give me some assistance? Thanks.
 
You probably need to assign a drive letter to the drive. Computer Management > Disk Management, right-click on the drive, select "Change drive letters..."
 
Ok, it shows up under disc management but when I right click on the drive I'm not getting an option to "change drive letters". It doesn't have a drive letter so that must be the problem. When i click on the 60gb which is my C: i get that option but not on the 200
 
"I started the computer and installed XP pro on the new 200gb. Windows started up but the other 200gb wasn't showing up under my computer."

Wait, do you have 1 new 200GB or 2 new 200GB? Because for a new HD, you have to initiate and partition and format it 1st, before it shows up in My Computer.
 
Either:

1. You need to format the new hard drive in Disk Management.
or
2. Your secondary drive isn't setup as a slave. If the secondary jumper settings are set to master it wouldn't show up since there is already a master. You may need to change your jumper (usually there's a little diagram on the actual drive to tell you where to put the jumper to make it a slave)

Edit: A Warning: Do NOT change the drive letter of your drive that the OS is installed on. It can really destroy your OS.
 
Ok, i'm pretty sure some how the old 200gb with all my files got erased. I took it out of my computer, put it in my girlfriends and it doesn't show up. When I goto disk management it shows up, but the only option it gives me is to add a new partion. It says 187gb unallocated.

Baked: I have 1 new 200gb and 1 200gb that I have all my saved files on. I was replacing a 60gb with a new 200gb. What I did was I removed the old 60gb, installed the new 200gb, booted the computer up with XP in the CD-ROM and formated the (or I thought) the new 200gb and installed the OS on the new 200gb. The OS files are on that new 200gb which is why I don't know where or how the old 200gb got erased.
 
I don't have an answer, but I think if you have the drive formatted as NTFS, it will not allow you to use the drive under a new Win install because the file system thinks that you are trying to put the HD in a new system. It is a security feature of NTFS.

I think the best way to have done your upgrade would have been to use something like Norton Ghost or some kind of disc replicator program...
 
Well i'm back to my old setup. The 60gb that has my OS and games, program files on it ext. And my old 200gb that HAD all my important files on it. The old 200gb isn't showing up. I made no knowen changes to this drive but its not showing up in my computer. It shows up in the device manager and disk management but no place. Like i said, i didn't touch this drive but I'm pretty sure its blank or needs to be formatted.
 
I can only have 2 HDD connected at a time. Right now I have my 60gb and my old 200gb connected. They both show up in the BIOS, they both show up when the computer boots up, they both show up in the device manager. The reason I think it has to be blank is because when I got it and went to install it, it showed up in the device manager but I had to format it in the computer management > disk management,
 
I'm going to agree with you that your old 200GB HD is hosed. You can try a program like GetDataBack, but that won't help much if it can't see the drive.

If you don't care that much about the information on the 200GB, I'd just format it.

BTW, was the old 200GB a Western Digital drive? I've heard a few stories where incorrect jumper settings have borked the drive itself.
 
Yes, the old 200gb was a WD drive. When i installed the new one I set the jumper to Master, and the jumper on the old one was already set to slave. Unfortunatly I do care about the info on the old one. I had about 150gb worth of info on it. By the way, how am I suppose to format it? When I bring it up in disk management I don't get a format option. God I feel like such an idiot right now
 
I've been at work for about 4 hours and I come back and no new posts. Whats wrong with you people. J/K Anyway guys, so is it safe to say from the sounds of my problem that my old 200gb with all my files and stuff on it is gone? If so how do I go about formatting it? I've tried disk management but I don't get a format option. Thanks
 
First of all, it seems you might have accidentally formated the wrong 200GB drive no?

Ok try this:

Go to Disk Management.
Select the drive in question
Does it say "Healthy" underneath the xGB NTFS?
If not, you need to enable the drive. I forget what the options are.
List what you are given when you right click it.
Then I might be able to help.
 
I thought that too Tiamat but the new 200gb has a OS on it which is where I wanted to put it. Some how in the process of formatting that new 200gb and installing XP pro my old 200gb lost all of its info0.

Right now i'm back to my old setup. The new 200gb is out of my machine so I have my 60gb and my old 200gb installed right now. WHen I go to disc management and select the 200gb it just says "186.31 GB Unallocated" When I right click on it the only options I get are: new partition, and proporties, and help. The properties tab just give me the info that I would find in the device manager except i don't get at pie chart of how much is in use.
 
hmm, for my sake, try your other 200GB. Is it possible you mixed them up? I know I would 😛

In any case, to format a drive, go to make new partition, and make the whole thing a partition i believe.
 
The new 200gb has the OS files on it. I've already checked. I have no idea how I pulled this one off.
 
Originally posted by: Tiamat
hmm, for my sake, try your other 200GB. Is it possible you mixed them up? I know I would 😛

In any case, to format a drive, go to make new partition, and make the whole thing a partition i believe.
Click to expand...

That and more...for some reason JE78 there's more as in no way "I can only have 2 HDD connected at a time. Right now I have my 60gb and my old 200gb connected. They both show up in the BIOS, they both show up when the computer boots up, they both show up in the device manager. The reason I think it has to be blank is because when I got it and went to install it, it showed up in the device manager but I had to format it in the computer management > disk management" ,
 
hmm, that doesnt seem good. You might have installed windows on your data back up drive. If that is the case, Im real sorry. I did that once, but it was on a 80GB drive so i only lost some emails, mp3s, and homework. I goofed up and mixed up the new and old harddrives.

Im not saying you did this, but it is a good possibility since both are 200GB.
 
I'm 99% sure I didn't goof up the drives. The new one looks different than the old one. WHen I plug the new one in and only the new one it has an OS on it. The OS that I was trying to install in the first place. Some reason in the process my old 200gb lost all of files on it. Not sure why or how because I didn't tell the computer to do anything to that drive.
 
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