Can't Detect New Hard Drive

Gary Shepherd · Post by **Gary Shepherd** » 2 Oct 2004 10:06 am

I'm trying to install a new Maxtor 160 gig drive but can't get my computer to detect it. I had this problem once before and can't remember how I solved it. Any ideas?

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Gary Shepherd

Sierra Session 12

www.16tracks.com

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 2 Oct 2004 10:17 am

Make sure the drive is jumpered correctly for Master, Slave, or Standalone.

Make sure "Auto Detect" for the channel the drive is installed on is enabled in your BIOS settings. Try "Auto Detect" manually from inside the BIOS.

Make sure the data cable is plugged in right. The red stripe goes toward the power connector.

winston · Post by **winston** » 3 Oct 2004 6:58 am

If it is an older computer you may have to make 2 partitions. Some older computers will not recognize that big of a hard drive.

Gary Shepherd · Post by **Gary Shepherd** » 3 Oct 2004 7:50 pm

Looks like the problem was my swappable drive bay. I tried a different one and XP found the drive. I'm formatting now.

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Gary Shepherd

Sierra Session 12

www.16tracks.com

Gary Shepherd · Post by **Gary Shepherd** » 4 Oct 2004 2:16 pm

Looks like the problem is the 137 BG limit imposed by Windows XP. I got around it by partitioning my 160gb drive into two smaller ones. However, I have another 160gb drive installed on this machine and the entire drive is recognized. Strange.

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Gary Shepherd

Sierra Session 12

www.16tracks.com

Tom Diemer · Post by **Tom Diemer** » 4 Oct 2004 4:35 pm

Gary, could that first drive be partitioned fat32? If so, it would have a 32GB limit.

Gary Shepherd · Post by **Gary Shepherd** » 4 Oct 2004 6:36 pm

Nope. NTFS.

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Gary Shepherd

Sierra Session 12

www.16tracks.com

winston · Post by **winston** » 7 Oct 2004 11:39 am

If the second drive is the slave then windows will recognize the entire drive.