Win XP new install second HD problem

[richd44]

I was having a few issues with WinXP so I used a second hard drive to get a fresh install. The hard drive I installed XP is set up just like the one used before. It is set up with two partitions. No problem with that hard drive everything went smoothly. I also have a second hard drive on this rig. It is a 320 gig Seagate, with only one partition. I use removable sliders for the hard drives so I can take them in and out easily. So the second drive was not in the rig when I installed XP. When I put the second drive back into the rig windows recognized it as usual. When I tried to access the drive windows said it was not formatted and asked if I wanted to do that now. When this happened I put the old WINXP drive back and sure enough my second drive was fine as usual. Why does the new install think the drive is not formatted? Any ideas?

Richd

 

[mancunian]

Did you install Service Pack 2?

Or did you slipstream it onto your XP CD?

 

[richd44]

That was it I put on sp1 and sp2, and there it was. the funny think SP 1&2 were stored on the disk I has having trouble seeing. I jusc copied to disk loaded and that was it.

Thanks
richd