slave HD

[rythemposition]

i put in a 40 gig HD as slave on my computer.. my computer booted up and when i was in windows the alerts popped up that it detected it and stuff.. I went to access it in my computer but when i double click on it, it says the location is unavailable (F I went to properties and it says the device is working properly, yet the graphic says it has no space on it. Can anyone help?

 

[gsbtech]

Is your other drive set as primary or stand-alone? Does the BIOS recognize the second drive correctly? Is the drive formatted?

 

[rythemposition]

im pretty sure the other drive is set as master... primary i think.. yea and its formatted.. it recognizes it because it even has the name of the drive on my computer as the device..

 

[Samm]

From the symptoms you are having, it sounds like the drive hasn't been partitioned, but if you're sure its formatted, then it must be.

What OS are you running?

 

[rythemposition]

win xp.. another thing.. in the device manager it says the drive is G: but it doesnt show up in My Computer.
*Edit*

My friend gave me this drive and he said it was formatted. i didnt format it myself.

 

[rythemposition]

okay i fixed the problem.. i got it to work.