October 8, 200619 yr I have one 200 GB SeaGate barracuda (ATA)Today my friend gave me a working ExcelStor 60GB 7200rpm (ata) HDD for free...So i said why not installing it to my machine to increase space....When i installed HDD windows xp doesn't recognize it....But BIOS and startup regognize it!!!!!I also tried Hiren's BOOT disk and Partition Magic 8.05 under hirens boot disk recognises hard disk drive !Why doesn't my Windows XP recognize it ?Could it be a service under SERVICES.MSC ? (i have most of them turned off)Is it because i changed my primary HDD to Primary and not dynamic ?Oh yes and the HDD isn't damaged!!!! My friend had it installed and it worked.. until he needed more space .......Thnx Edited October 8, 200619 yr by m16si
October 9, 200619 yr Logical Disk Manager maybe? That's a service that should always be running.Like N1K said - do you see it in the Disk Management? If you do, does it have a drive letter assigned to it?
October 9, 200619 yr I have Logical Disk Manager service disabled, and I can still swap HDDs with no problem.also tried Hiren's BOOT disk and Partition Magic 8.05 under hirens boot disk recognises hard disk drive !Have you tried partitioning it from there?
October 9, 200619 yr I have Logical Disk Manager service disabled, and I can still swap HDDs with no problem.So what? Of course you can with healthy and normally working HDs. But it sounds like the drive needs to be formatted again, which LDM could help him achieve easily within Windows.
October 9, 200619 yr Logical Disk Manager maybe? That's a service that should always be running.Like N1K said - do you see it in the Disk Management? If you do, does it have a drive letter assigned to it?Yup, it's either the drive letter problem or disk should be reformated..
October 9, 200619 yr Humm, a bit complicated situation..You said that you can see it in the partition magic. What is the status of it, can you format it from there?
October 9, 200619 yr Author When i boot my computer startup recognizes my disk than i start Hiren's boot disk.In hiren's boot disk i run Partition Magic 8.05 in there the hdd is visible i formatted it but i don't know must i format it as a PRIMARY or LOGICAL hdd?ThnxWhen i boot my computer startup recognizes my disk than i start Hiren's boot disk.In hiren's boot disk i run Partition Magic 8.05 in there the hdd is visible i formatted it but i don't know must i format it as a PRIMARY or LOGICAL hdd?Thnx
October 10, 200619 yr I'd create a primary partition on the 2nd hard disk. Don't make it active unless you want to boot from it.
October 10, 200619 yr It's not strictly necessary to set it active but it won't matter either way, just makes it easier for the future if the user wants to install an OS. If the BIOS always looks for the first HD to boot, then it won't matter either if the 2nd HD has an active partition. No big deal.
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