Win2k doesn't see new Harddrive

[cheapgoose]

So I got a new Maxtor 30 gig, installed it, set jumper to slave.

bios sees it, the first time I booted, win2k said "found new drive" and "drive installed", but the drive is no where to be found?

some help please, tks inadvance.

 

[copyfixer]

I'll start with the basics, I do not mean to insult.

You did fdisk and format the new hard drive didn't you?

 

[cheapgoose]

no i didn't. I can't even get to that. I'm reading the installation guide and it says the computer will auto-detect and with the cd-rom given I can format the new drive, but nothing's coming up.

so how do i format without seeing the drive, dos mode?

tks for the help.

 

[copyfixer]

Remove the cable from your first drive, set up new drive as master. Fdisk and format new drive. Then plug first drive back in, set new drive as slave and hopefully that will do it for you.

 

[stevewm]

In Windows a new hardrive will not appear in My Computer until it has been partitioned and formatted.

In Win9x you would do this with Fdisk. In Win2k/XP you would do this through Disk Management.

To get to Disk Management right click on ANY My Computer icon and pick Manage. Find and click on Disk Management in the window that comes up. You'll see a list of ALL the storage devices in your system. Find your new hardrive, right click on it and pick Create Partition Follow the instructions on screen. After it's completed your drive will appear in My Computer normally.

 

[sechs]

The partition also needs a drive letter... in Win2k, drive letter assignment is part of the formating wizard.

 

[cheapgoose]

crap! ok, so here's what I did.

I formatted the new drive, by using winxp, I formatted and installed a fresh copy of winxp on the drive, when then, I booted up from the original harddrive. then from there, formated the new drive. now it's showing as a 8 gig harddrive. wht? I don't even know how I screw this one up. some help please. tks. man I feel so stupid right now.

 

[cheapgoose]

geez!

ok, so i made a boot disk, used fdisk, formated new drive. started up as a slave, still only 8 gig! 8! i'm this close from giving up and return it tomorrow.

edit: by the way, when I was formating, it showed 29gigs.

 

[kursplat]

try this
maxtor help

 

[GregANDTCH]

If Win2k works like WinXP, I'd go to
"control panel"
"administrative tools"
"computer management"
under "storage"
"disk management"
You can change it's drive letter
format, name it, NTFS or FAT, etc.
YMMV

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: stevewm
In Windows a new hardrive will not appear in My Computer until it has been partitioned and formatted.

In Win9x you would do this with Fdisk. In Win2k/XP you would do this through Disk Management.

To get to Disk Management right click on ANY My Computer icon and pick Manage. Find and click on Disk Management in the window that comes up. You'll see a list of ALL the storage devices in your system. Find your new hardrive, right click on it and pick Create Partition Follow the instructions on screen. After it's completed your drive will appear in My Computer normally.

Originally posted by: GregANDTCH
If Win2k works like WinXP, I'd go to
"control panel"
"administrative tools"
"computer management"
under "storage"
"disk management"
You can change it's drive letter
format, name it, NTFS or FAT, etc.
YMMV

READ WHAT THEY POSTED...IT WILL WORK FOR SURE IF YOU FOLLOW THEIR INSTRUCTIONS... very EZ...no need for fdisk and stuff....

 

[cheapgoose]

I did read what they posted, follow the instructions, and when I got there, windows showed the drive as 8gig. not 30.

but that doesnt' matter now, I'm now using that drive as my boot drive, slapped on a fresh copy of win2k.

THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR HELPING!

 

[MithShrike]

Whoa whoa, calm down grasshoppa! Glad to hear you got it working. Are you using NTFS? Win2K likes NTFS... LOL!

 

[luna]

I just installed a 120 GB Western Digital hard drive and I am glad I found this post as I am running XP and didn´t want to fdisk the drive. Any way, When I click on disk management a wizard pops up asking me which disks I want to initialize and convert to dynamic discs. First it asks for initializing a disk. The only one is the new HD. Then I click next and it says to choose drives to convert to dynamic disks. Do I want to do both? I can´t right click and select create partition. That doesn´t show.

Jon

P.S.
I just initialized it and that is it. I am now formatting the drive.