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I can't see second hard drive in Windows Explorer

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by Kinda T, 2006/10/10.

  1. 2006/10/10
    Kinda T

    Kinda T Inactive Thread Starter

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    I formatted my Master hard drive. I installed Windows XP on it. I formatted the new drive with NTSF leaving the slave drive fat32. Now I cannot see the contents of the slave drive. Can anyone help me? I don't know how to restore it. I have a lot of files on it and would appreciate your help.
     
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  2. 2006/10/11
    PeteC

    PeteC SuperGeek Staff

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    Kinda T - Welcome to the Board :)

    First steps ....

    Is the second drive seen in the BIOS? If not check the cabling and ensure it is set as Slave - and that the other drive is set as Master.

    Is the drive seen in My Computer? If not right click on My Computer icon > Manage > Disk Management. Is the drive shown there and does it have a drive letter. If not assign one.
     
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