How to access multiple hard drives?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by iambinary, Feb 24, 2009.

  1. iambinary

    iambinary Private E-2

    There are two hard drives inside the computer case. Only the one of them is showing up in "My Computer" as "Local Disk (C:)"

    Both HDs are connected. How do you access both HDs?
     
  2. Nedlamar

    Nedlamar MajorGeek

    Make sure the second drives jumper is set to "Slave"

    You should then see it when you boot up.
     
  3. sach2

    sach2 Major Geek Extraordinaire

    Also, after making sure the second drive is slave, is the second HD formatted? Right-click My Computer>Manage then in the left pane Disk Management. Do you see a Drive 0 and a Drive 1? Is Drive 1 showing unallocated space?
     
  4. Mark Philip

    Mark Philip Private E-2

    Is it an IDE HD or a SATA? if it is a SATA Hard Drive, you need to install some drivers compatible to your motherboard. b'coz most of SATA HD doesn't have any built-in drivers unlike IDE Hard Drives:) Try for the cables too...
     

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