Win 2K and removable HDD

[kilmister]

Does anyone have any expierence in installing/using a removable HHD caddy with Win 2K.

I have installed one [I have used them on other systems without bother] but on boot up though the drive is recognised in the Bios boot up it does not show in My Computer or Explorer and so is inaccessible.

I have browsed the Help file but that seems to relate more to tapes etc and does not seem to related directly to a removable HDD caddy system.

Any ideas please.

 

[Horsepower]

I use one on my W2K box for backing up data, it works fine, I have it as slave to IDE 1

 

[kilmister]

That is what I am trying to do. How did you set it up please.

When I boot up with the removable drive in the system tries to 'install new hardware' but then hangs.

Any suggestions please.

 

[Horsepower]

At work (W2K machine) the removeable is the slave of IDE1, the drive in that slot has to be set to slave. It works fine. At home (XP machine), I have removeable racks for 2 drives with no internal drive. They are all connected with 80 conductor cable, you must remember to hook the cable correctly for the color codes. All drives that I use in the primary must have the drive set to primary. Hope this helps.

 

[kilmister]

I think I have, regretably, found the problem. The removable backup HDD seems to have died whilst being transferred from one machine to the other.

I have tried another drive and that now shows up in W2k, whilst the backup drive is as dead as the proverbial Dodo!

Thank you all for your help.

 

[stevewm]

Are you sure the drive is actually dead?


Win2k/XP will not assign a drive a drive letter until it is partitioned and formatted.

To do this you need to get into Disk Management.

Right click on ANY My Computer icon, then Manage, goto Disk Management, find your new drive in the list, right click on it and pick Create Partition.