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Dr. Boogie
Dec 16th, 2005, 01:44 PM
So anyway, I got my kinda fixed, but for some reason, the slave HD isn't showing up in Windows. It shows up just fine in the BIOS, but not in Windows itself. I had another HD that I tried, and it loaded just fine, so what's the deal here?

Mad Melvin
Dec 16th, 2005, 02:26 PM
Is BIOS showing the right size for the slave HD? Did you make sure that the jumper is set to slave?

Dr. Boogie
Dec 16th, 2005, 02:37 PM
The BIOS shows the HD as being 81gb instead of 80gb, and the jumper I left as it was back when it was still working as a slave drive.

Mad Melvin
Dec 16th, 2005, 02:48 PM
Do you have a WinXP?

Dr. Boogie
Dec 16th, 2005, 02:56 PM
I do.

Mad Melvin
Dec 16th, 2005, 02:59 PM
Try right-clicking My Computer and select Manage->disk management and see if it shows up there. If it does, then no problemo.

MetalMilitia
Dec 16th, 2005, 03:08 PM
I had the exact same problem a few years back. Cant remember how I fixed it though. Mabey I just formetted my Windows drive and after I reinstalled it worked again. :s

Although its entirely possible I did something a bit smarter.

AChimp
Dec 16th, 2005, 04:08 PM
Last time that happened to me, the hard drive that stopped showing up crashed two weeks later. :(

Dr. Boogie
Dec 16th, 2005, 05:29 PM
Melvin was spot on.

It did appear there, albeit as "dynamic". I messed around a little and got it to actually load the drive, but it says that it's online, but with "errors". I can't seem to find any, though.

AChimp
Dec 16th, 2005, 05:30 PM
If you value the data on it, you will back it all up now. :(