I need computer help again, and since you guys never let me down...

Dell 2400 running Windows XP (SP2)

I currently have 2 40gig hard drives installed.
I pulled out the extra drive (the one with my **** etc)
Plugged in a 160gig HD (will be my new home for ****)
The BIOS recognizes the 160gig drive and so does "device manager"
If I open Windows explorer though it doesn't show up (only shows 1 drive, my main one)
I cannot access that 2nd drive for some reason.

The new drive should be formatted already because I bought it used (should have **** and games on it).

Suggestions? Thanks... oh and since you guys work for **** instead of food heres a shot of Sandys *** from www.sexyteensandy.com
Ill post the good hardcore stuff if the hard drive issues is fixed. lol

 

was the last owner running windows for sure? If he was running linux it probably wouldnt show up in XP. You can always boot up with a boot disk and run FDISK on it. Windows might have some built-in partitioning ---- you can try too. Right click on my computer, go to manage then disk management

 

Go to control panel, administrative tools, computer management, then click on disk management and see what options you have it should be listed as disk 0 or disk 1, or disk 2.. right click it and see if you need to format it or something

 

+1

It probably needs formatting/partitioning for whatever reason.

 

I was going to say check teh drive letter also.

 

letter should have nothing to do with it. you can name it z and nothing would change for the OS detecting it. i would reformat it and start fresh. also check the jumper settings and make sure it is a slave or cable select and not master. better yet, see if you can boot the 160 HDD on its own. if that works then its a jumper issue between the two.

 

jumper

 

You should never use cable select, and always hook the drives up as if you were using cable select (primary at the end of the cable). Sometimes wierd hardware conflicts occur because of that, although it's super rare.

 

Update

Jumpers have been triple checked
Will not boot up if it is the only drive connected
Checked disk management and it does not show up
Still shows up in BIOS (Seagate ST3160021A 160gig)
HD is plugged into the Slave spot on the cable (even though im using jumpers)