Can't see new slave drive

[tvrbob]

I've just fitted a new Samsung 200gb drive set to 'slave'. The OS is Win XP Pro and the drive is detected in the bios but it doesn't register in Windows Explorer. I have tried 'add new hardware' and it says the drive is working OK.

Anyone know what I should do next?

[FourWheelDrift]

Does your PC's bios allow it to use 200GB HDD's? Not sure if this is the same thing as seeing & being able to use it.

Look at what board you have and visit the website for it to check. If not you may need to flash update it.


>> Edited by FourWheelDrift on Saturday 30th July 19:22

[agent006]

Have you done the biz in drive management? You'll need to create a volume and format it before you can use the drive in windows. Someone will be along shortly to explain the process far better than i could.

[tvrbob]

FourWheelDrift said:

Does your PC's bios allow it to use 200GB HDD's?

This may well be the problem. It appears to have a 32gb limit

agent006 said:

Have you done the biz in drive management?

Yes, but it won't permit a partition of 200gb. Will have to follow FWD's advice first I think

[falcemob]

agent006 said:

Have you done the biz in drive management? You'll need to create a volume and format it before you can use the drive in windows. Someone will be along shortly to explain the process far better than i could.

What he said, I had the same problem, you have to format the drive in the drive management thingy.
I think you go to control panel- performance and maintanance-Administrative Tools-computer management-disk administration and then format the drive there.I can't remember quite how I did it but it was fairly straight forward but took about an hour. Hope this helps

>> Edited by falcemob on Saturday 30th July 21:42

[tvrbob]

Thanks folks, currently formatting at 200gb (186gb real)