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Formatted and installed a WD 60gb hd as slave and is not detected

I formatted and installed a WD 60gb harddrive on my pc and when I go to 'My Computer' its not being recognized, I can see the C drive is there.

1) The BIOS recognize the slave drive.
2) its visible in Device Manager.
3) Device Manager> properties> device usage Enable.
4) its not in Disk Management.

I don't know what else to do.. I need help.

I first installed the second drive and it used to work, it happened after i formatted its old data and files than drive disappeared from 'My Computer' .

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  • Mvp4eva Apr 12, 2010

    Now thats my problem, I dont know how to format to NTFS or FAT32. Can you show me how because I dont know where to find it or what to do.

    I'll appreciate your help.

  • Mvp4eva Apr 15, 2010

    When I go to "My Computer" the slave(secondary)drive is not present, is only the main "C" drive thats there.

    When I boot up the computer than go to the BIOS I see that the WD 60gb harddrive is there.

    Also is listed in "Device Manager"

    i have a third party software installed on my computer the reads every device thats intalled on my pc, including specifications of every device and also the slave drive appears there and in good condition.

    I was told to go to "Disk Management" to rename the Drive with a new letter, But I cant because is not there either.

    All I can think of is Windows Xp not recognizing the new harddrive after wiping out the drive clean.

    Thanks for your attention in helping me.

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Did you format this drive to NTFS or FAT32. It may not rcognise it as a slave drive on a format other than NTFS

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  • woozie38 Apr 12, 2010

    In "My Comoputer", right click on the drive you wish to format and select 'format'. You will see the options for the formatting procedure. Select NTFS and, select 'Qick format', then click ok. Remember all data on the drive will be lost.

  • woozie38 Apr 15, 2010

    Aha! XP, doesn't have drivers for SATA drives. If your WD 60gb is a SATA drive, you will need to download and install sata drivers.

    \Dlownload/:http://download.cnet.com/SATA-Driver-Int...

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