Drive won't show up

izzy eckerslike · 25 Apr 2008 at 16:21

Just added my SATA Raptor 74 with XP installed to my new setup.
Problem is it can't see my other drive which is a SATA Hitachi,
it shows up in device manager as installed & working but it won't show up in' My Computer' so I can't access stuff to transfer, It shows a SATA DVD drive o.k.

How can I get the Hitachi to appear so I can access it? Is there a way to view its contents other than via ' My Computer' ?

The Raptor shows up if I load the Hitachi & in Disk management its shows as drive (F)
Loading the Raptor & looking in disc management shows the drive with no number & options are mostly greyed out

rpstewart · 25 Apr 2008 at 16:55

When you boot from the Raptor and look in Disk Management what options do you have when you right click on the grey box to the left of the stripe representing the Hitachi?

izzy eckerslike · 25 Apr 2008 at 17:01

rpstewart · 25 Apr 2008 at 17:09

What about when you right click where it says Disk0?

izzy eckerslike · 25 Apr 2008 at 17:12

rpstewart said:
What about when you right click where it says Disk0?

Disk 0 is the Hitachi, it just gives the option to delete partition, rest is greyed out

rpstewart · 25 Apr 2008 at 17:20

Are you clicking directly on the "Disk0" text or on the bit with the blue stripe? The delete partition option is only available on the blue stripe bit.

izzy eckerslike · 25 Apr 2008 at 19:10

rpstewart said:
Are you clicking directly on the "Disk0" text or on the bit with the blue stripe? The delete partition option is only available on the blue stripe bit.

When I Click , it shows 'convert to dynamic disk' ?

Edit: just changed the SATA leads around, restarting it says new hardware /Hitachi detected etc
but still not appearing on desktop :mad:

rpstewart · 25 Apr 2008 at 20:43

Have you gone back into Disk Management and made sure that there's a drive letter assigned to the partition on the Hitachi?

izzy eckerslike · 26 Apr 2008 at 17:34

rpstewart said:
Have you gone back into Disk Management and made sure that there's a drive letter assigned to the partition on the Hitachi?

It won't let me asign a drive letter unless there's another way I haven't tried?

megatron · 26 Apr 2008 at 18:08

Why not try converting to a dynamic disk then? There is a way to convert it back to a logical disk if u needed it to be one, but it involves using a hex editor IIRC.

AbsenceJam · 26 Apr 2008 at 18:13

Umm... you need to assign a drive letter to it, right click on the partition.