Old drive doesn't show up

[Dorkenstein]

My new SATA hard drive boots up fine but now that I've completed the cloning my old HDD doesn't show up in My Computer. Certain applications confirm it is still there but I don't see it in other places. Anyone know why this is?

 

[amdskip]

Try using disk management

 

[Dorkenstein]

I thought that was for formatting and partitioning.

 

[Uncle Bob]

what do you mean "certain applications confirm it is still there"

 

[Dorkenstein]

Like in Acronis tools the drive is shown there with other ones and it is also in Windows Disk Management. But when I open My Computer it isn't. My new drive has no name either and I named it 'GAMES' when I formatted it.

 

[Dorkenstein]

Still doesn't show up even though I activated it in Disk Management.

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: Dorkenstein
Still doesn't show up even though I activated it in Disk Management.

And you assigned it a drive letter in Disk Management, too? And then you refreshed your view in Windows Explorer?

 

[Dorkenstein]

Haven't tried WE, it's just My Computer that it doesn't show up.

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: Dorkenstein
Haven't tried WE, it's just My Computer that it doesn't show up.

But did you assign the drive a drive letter?

 

[alm4rr]

Get Powertoys for XP and there is a setting in there that you can enable/disable the view of the drive even if it is installed - kinda like having a secret drive not visible from My computer....

Maybe that can help