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My harddrive is not showing

I put this new hard drive in. its not the main one. i have another one which has the OS on it. so anyways i put this new one in. and when i load up the computer, it shows up fine on the startup black screen with all the other drivers....
but when i go to MY COMPUTER only one hard drive shows (which is the main one ofcourse). and the wiered thing is that my computer detected it, and said "New driver found" and then it showed the name of the driver. but its not showing in MY COMPUTER and i cannot access it.
can you please help me

I have a windows xp Pro.

and the name of the new harddrive i installed is FUJITSU MPD3064AT
thanks in advance

Check your jumpers carefully. You may not have reset the old drive to slave.

ASKER

well the new drive i put in(the one that is not working) is supposed to be a slave. because there was another that i had and it was a slave. i simpley just replaced it because it had a higher capacity. but i will check again. will reply in5-10 minutes

Did you partition and format it yet?

If not

Start > Run diskmgmt.msc
Right Click on the drive select partition and then when done right click again and then select format.

select partition = Create Partition
and I think it will automatically format after the partition is created.

ASKER

alright i tried everything (meaning the combinations for slave master etc.) i know i put it righ the first time, its supposed to be a slave, anyways it didn't work.

i was just thinking and was gonna ask "do i have to make a partition?" while i was loading up the computer.
but CRAZYONE :D iam gonna try your tip, i'lll reply soon
MHB

ASKER

ok, when i went there i could only see the main disk and not the other one.but...

on the bottom of the window there is DISK 0 and DISK 1. now disk1 is the one that iam having problems with this is what it says under disk1
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Basic
online
unallocated
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What options do you have when you right in the white space of that drive?

u can use DiskPart tool from MS to manage disk.

https://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/diskpart.asp

download this and see if it works for u.

ASKER

ok guys i missed up really bad. i tried to use windows 98 disk to make a partition and i ended up missing up everything, now my computer won't start, it has errors loading up. man i have some really important documents in there. right now iam talking from my father's computer. i moved my OS drive to my dads (as a second HD, not primary though), i could read it and everything, but i can't find MY DOCUMENTS. i mean the program files are there and stuff, but i cannot find MY DOCUMENTS which has all the imporant stuff

pLEASSE HELP!!

MY DOCUMENTS is under your profile
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Profile\My Documents

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I tried opening this C:\Documents and Settings\WESIDA but it says access denied
Omg iamjackedmaan!

ASKER

ok i'll try the ownership thing, one sec :(

ASKER

man it won't work, is there anyway i can do a recovery usnig my xp cd without erasing my HD?

>>>man it won't work

What do mean by it won't work?

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ASKER

ok guys, all this seems too much, and i have to buy software and stuff. i put back the HD that had the OS on my computer.and this is the messagethat it gave me when i tried to boot it.
After it showed me what drives were on the computer these messages came up
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PXE-E61 Media test failure
PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE rom
Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press ENTER

Boot from the XP CD, get into the Recovery Console, and type the following commands:

FIXMBR C:
FIXBOOT C:
COPY CDDrive:\I386\NTLDR C:\
COPY CDDrive:\I386\NTDETECT.COM C:\
Reboot

To start the Windows Recovery Console, use any of the following methods:
Start your computer by using the Windows Setup floppy disks or the Windows CD-ROM. At the "Welcome to Setup" screen, press F10 or press R to repair, and start the Windows Recovery Console.

ASKER

crazy one. everything worked untill i got to this part COPY CDDrive:\I386\NTLDR C:\
its said that it cannot find the speicified file..

CDDrive is the drive letter of your CD it may be D: or E: so on and so forth

You might have to do this

How Do I Do a "Repair Installation"?
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm

Repair
How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341

Visual aid to the above procedure
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
Click on How To Run a Repair Install

You May Lose Data or Program Settings After Reinstalling, Repairing, or Upgrading Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;312369

Data Loss May Occur After Reinstalling, Repairing, or Upgrading Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;312368

ASKER

omg lol. let me try again i guess.,lol

ASKER

alright, idid itand the same messages come up.
if i try to use this How Do I Do a "Repair Installation"?
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm
will ilose the information and documents?

How Do I Do a "Repair Installation"?
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm

Repair
How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341

Visual aid to the above procedure
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
Click on How To Run a Repair Install

You May Lose Data or Program Settings After Reinstalling, Repairing, or Upgrading Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;312369

Data Loss May Occur After Reinstalling, Repairing, or Upgrading Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;312368

ASKER

crazy one; i didn't mean that as a question.sorry about that bro. i was just asking if i try to repair an installation will i lose my documents (microsoft words)? the programs can go to hell, i just need the documents

Usually not but there is no guarantee that you won't.

Here is a couple of alternatives. And you haven't answered why you weren't able to take ownership or grant yourself permission when you tried earlier. The reason I say this is because these two alternatives will require you to be able to do this.

although this is about Win2000 the idea is the same.

HOW TO: Perform a Parallel Installation of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;266465

BEGIN ARTICLE

The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

This article was previously published under 266465
IN THIS TASK
SUMMARY

Performing a Parallel Installation of Windows 2000
REFERENCES
SUMMARY
This article describes how to perform a parallel installation of Windows 2000. Note that you must know your environmental requirements to complete the installation procedure.

Performing a Parallel Installation of Windows 2000

NOTE: The Documents and Settings folder is not overwritten by this procedure.
Boot your computer from the Windows 2000 CD-ROM.
After Setup finishes inspecting the computer's hardware, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000.
Press ESC to install a fresh copy of Windows 2000. If you are installing the same version of Windows, proceed with step 4.
Press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 on the selected item.

NOTE: You can install Windows 2000 on any available partition. If there are problems with your Boot.ini file, you may want to install Windows 2000 on the same partition as the original installation. Your values in the Boot.ini file are the same.
Press ENTER to leave the current file system intact.

IMPORTANT: If you choose to change the file system, you will lose data from the partition to which you are installing.
Press ESC to install Windows 2000 in a different folder.

If you installed the original copy of Windows 2000 in the default Winnt folder, you must type the name of a different folder, and then press ENTER.
After you change the default folder to a different folder, you can proceed with the installation procedure. Select the components and settings that are required for your installation.

REFERENCES
For additional information about how to create the floppy disks, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

243940 How to Create Windows 2000 Boot Floppy Disks

Last Reviewed: 10/27/2002

COPYRIGHT NOTICE. Copyright 2002 Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 U.S.A. All rights reserved.

END ARTICLE
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The other alternative is to pull this disk form the machine and put the new disk in as the master and install XP on the new disk. All you have to do is to boot to the XP CD and run the installation. It will partition and format the drive for you. Just make sure when it ask if you want to use NTFS that you say yes.

After the install is finished then slave the other disk to this disk. Do the permission/ownership thing and you should be able to retrieve your files.

I don't mean to leave you hanging but I go to get some sleep but I will check in later.

ASKER

ok man no prob :) thanks alot for the help. i'll tell you whats happeinng.
right now i put back my HD and the old HD with it. (not the one i had trouble with). now i got a new message. it says
NTLDR is missing

thats all i got. i'll try to figure out and research somewhere online.

thanks alot though :D

start from the cd - run the recovery console and fix the MBR

ASKER

ya i fixed the computer (HD) by running the recovery. but the main problem was that when i was missing with the FDISK i made the main partition unactive. i think that was causing the problem with the error messages. so once i set it back to an ACTIVE status. the setup ran fine. and everything was good. thank god when i reovered everything was fine. didn't lose any files. man i will remember this expeirence for the rest of my life :D. Thanks to all of you, thanks alot CRAZYONE :D.
which brings us back to the main problem which is the disk not able to appear on MY COMPUTER. anyways i think i'll be able to figure it out by myself, just need to spend time with it. and i'll make sure i'll back up my precious college papers :D.

thanks again
MHB

>>>start from the cd - run the recovery console and fix the MBR

That was mentioned and tried already chicagoan. :)