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Help! Pluggedin new slavehd butnot working

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hebangsthedrums
hebangsthedrums Posts: 192 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
Hi there, I'm hoping someone techie (or more techie than me, its not hard!) could give me a hand.

basically i bought a new 120gig hard drive about 6months ago to replace one that failed (not the main one an extra one). Anyway for various reasons i didn't bother to install it. Now tonight i have finally got round to it and repeated the steps i did before- just plugged it in and thought windows would find it, but it is not working. The disk does not display in device manager, but when i check in device manager it is there and says it is working properly. It says maxtor 6L10p0 if that helps.

Have i missed something or is it just faulty?

Any help gratefully received!

thanks
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  • computerwoman
    computerwoman Posts: 4,075 Forumite
    Hi have installed windows on it.



    Pls be nice to all MSer's
    There's no such thing as a stupid question, and even if you disagree courtesy helps.
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  • faz7875_2
    faz7875_2 Posts: 288 Forumite
    hebangsthedrums wrote:
    The disk does not display in device manager, but when i check in device manager it is there and says it is working properly. It says maxtor 6L10p0 if that helps.

    Does it show in device manager or not?

    If so, does it have an exclamation mark next to it?

    If not, have you tried updating driver thru device manager or add new hardware in control panel?

    What os?
    "Life? Life is nature's way of keeping meat fresh!"
  • hebangsthedrums
    hebangsthedrums Posts: 192 Forumite
    Sorry i meant it is not in my computer but shows in device manager. I am running xp sp2 in device manager it says it is working ok - no ! and i have tried updating drivers but it says these are ok
  • Jon_C
    Jon_C Posts: 465 Forumite
    Try changing the jumper settings on the HD.
  • faz7875_2
    faz7875_2 Posts: 288 Forumite
    Jon_C wrote:
    Try changing the jumper settings on the HD.

    I agree. Sometimes on some drives, slave does not work right and you have to set it to auto. Don't know why, I've got one like that.
    "Life? Life is nature's way of keeping meat fresh!"
  • hebangsthedrums
    hebangsthedrums Posts: 192 Forumite
    sorry how do i do that?
  • computerwoman
    computerwoman Posts: 4,075 Forumite
    at the back of the HD you will see a switch, this is to change it from master to slave and visa/verser then try it again and the pc should pick it up.



    Pls be nice to all MSer's
    There's no such thing as a stupid question, and even if you disagree courtesy helps.
    Tomorrow never come's as today is yesterday and tomorrow is today:confused:

    MERRY CHRISTMAS FELLOW MSer's:xmastree:
  • faz7875_2
    faz7875_2 Posts: 288 Forumite
    computerwoman wrote:
    at the back of the HD you will see a switch, this is to change it from master to slave and visa/verser then try it again and the pc should pick it up.

    There should be a diagram on the sticker or near the jumpers. sometimes there are letters inscribed under/above the pins themselves to indicate which is which.
    "Life? Life is nature's way of keeping meat fresh!"
  • computerwoman
    computerwoman Posts: 4,075 Forumite
    you have to have a master and a slave they cannot be both



    Pls be nice to all MSer's
    There's no such thing as a stupid question, and even if you disagree courtesy helps.
    Tomorrow never come's as today is yesterday and tomorrow is today:confused:

    MERRY CHRISTMAS FELLOW MSer's:xmastree:
  • albertross_2
    albertross_2 Posts: 8,932 Forumite
    maybe it needs formatting?

    start, run diskmgmt.msc
    Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:
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