Installed New Slave HD - but Unrecognized

Hello Again,

I bought a 400 GB Seagate HD which I installed into the old 'slave' drive (which was an 80GB Western Digital). The (C 'master' drive is where XP and Windows are located, and all the installed apps.

When I pulled out the old slave HD I saw the little tiny gadget that bridges the two prongs that are clearly marked on the old Western Digital as 'M', 'S', 'C' , and a blank. The old one was set on 'slave', the second pair of prongs, in from the right; or the third across from the left. I placed this little gadget exactly where the old one was on the old slave HD.

Then, after installing and booting up, (the machine recognized 'New Hardware' found), I went to 'Disk Management' to partition and format it. The (C 'master drive is called 'Disk 0', and the new 'slave' is called 'Disk 1'. That's fine, I guess.

So I first partition it into two parts, one 97 GB and the other 274 GB. Then I highlight the first partitioned part, named it (D, and did the slow 'Format' command. It took some time, and was only the 97 GB partition. Next, I highlighted the 274 GB part, also named it (D, and asked it to do a 'quick format' (since it is so huge).


Both chores done, and they say NTFS Healthy, etc. Totally recognized from 'Disk Management' and from 'Device Manager'. But when I went to 'My Computer' and opened it, it DID NOT show any drive (D.
So I rebooted. Still, no drive (D found under 'My Computer'. Neither could I gain access to it through Windows Explorer - it just isn't showing up in those places......

So I went to the 'Device Manager' (sort of same location as 'Disk Management), opened it, and under 'Disk Drives' I find it listed right under the Western Digital (WDC WD 80 0BB-22JHCO) (C drive -
as "ST3 400 832A" (Seagate 400 GB). Right clicking 'properties' showed me that the device was working and that the driver is the most updated.

I am now totally stuck. There is no way to access the drive !! Ouch !!
HELP !! It knows it's in there, but it won't show up under My Computer or from Windows Explorer. I never verified it with BIOS (don't know how). When I boot up I can get to BIOS from F10, I think.....it should be easy if I need to go there.

I have an eMachines W-3502. As I said, the master HD is Western Digital, which ran fine with the old slave HD of the same brand. Now I have two brands next to each other, but exactly the same specs.

What should I do now ????

Thanks,

-scottportraits