i have just got as 200gb seagate harddrive to replace a 30gb. the bios can detect the drive as a 200gb and windows installs the drive, but it doesnt show up in my computer!!! y is this. im running windows xp and i have a fair upto date pc. this is realy getting to me now so please help

 

i have just instaled a 200 bg hdd to my comp wat are u running it as a slave ? if so did u chage the thing on it to slave ?

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https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=88752

my post that should have all the info in ya need if not i dont no

 

it willl be as slave yep. but its on cable select

 

I think it's just a matter of your jumper settings on the back of the drive. Set it to slave on the drive itself and make sure your cable reflects this. Hope that helps

 

how much you pay for the 200 hd please and where from
hope it was not maplin or pc world

 

You need to create and format a partition in XP using Disk Management (right click My Computer->Manage or via Control Panel)

 

Right, has this hard drive just been put in as a second drive ? In which case, as said, you will need to create a paetition and format the drive. Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Adminsitritive Controls -> Computer Management -> Disk Management, there you should see the drive and can create a partition and format it

 

thanx for the help. and no it wasnt bought from maplin etc, it was from overclockers.co.uk1 dotn no howe much it was as it was a birthday prezzie. its a seagate drive so it is branded

 

it does see it in disk management but only as 121gb

 

thats showing very low for a 200gb it normaly shows a little lower as when its caculated it is rounded up or somehting but mine shows 186 gb so yours should be around that mark sorry cant help on sorting it tho

 

i have just been told that win xp ( the older versions ) didnt support larger harddrives.... and to get a patch from the windows website!!! so i gona have a little loooky. thanx again for the help