2 HARD DRIVES IN DEV MNGR BUT 1 UNACCESSABLE

Posted: 07-13-2003, 06:21 PM
I just bought a custom configured computer with XP loaded.
I have 2 120 gig Maxtor hard drives and 2 dvd drives.
Jumpers set for master and slave both show up in device
manager but can only access 1 no drive letter for 2nd
maxtor drive. other letters are A: floppy C: maxtor hard
drive D: dvd-r and E: dvd-r.
How do I gain access to other hard drive and assign
letters and will this affect installation/performance of
other removable media drives or system performance.
Thanks
E
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Re: 2 HARD DRIVES IN DEV MNGR BUT 1 UNACCESSABLE
Posted: 07-13-2003, 06:57 PM
STILL NO LUCK BUT THANKS NICHOLAS
>-----Original Message-----
>Right-click on MY COMPUTER and select MANAGE.
>Click on DISK MANAGEMENT and in the lower right-hand
>window (gray shaded area), right-click on your second
drive
>and select INITIALIZE DISK.
>
>If that does not work:
>
>Go to Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter.
>In the Command Prompt window, type: DISKPART , hit
enter.
>Then type: RESCAN , hit enter.
>Try initializing the disk again.
>
>
>--
>Nicholas
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>"E" <esquire3@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message:
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>| I just bought a custom configured computer with XP
loaded.
>| I have 2 120 gig Maxtor hard drives and 2 dvd drives.
>| Jumpers set for master and slave both show up in device
>| manager but can only access 1 no drive letter for 2nd
>| maxtor drive. other letters are A: floppy C: maxtor
hard
>| drive D: dvd-r and E: dvd-r.
>| How do I gain access to other hard drive and assign
>| letters and will this affect installation/performance
of
>| other removable media drives or system performance.
>| Thanks
>| E
>.
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Re: 2 HARD DRIVES IN DEV MNGR BUT 1 UNACCESSABLE
Posted: 07-13-2003, 07:11 PM
Recheck the jumper settings on your hard drives.
On my Maxtor slave drive, there is no jumper that
needs to be installed.

See: http://service.maxtor.com/rightnow/i...%20jumpers.htm

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Re: Jumpers
Posted: 07-13-2003, 07:32 PM
Your primary Master drive should have a jumper installed
as Master per Style A1 (first diagram). Your secondary drive (slave) should
not have any jumpers installed.

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"E" <esquire3@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message:
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| >I have disk 1 (the problem drive) jumpered as slave which
| as the drive diagram shows. Should I remove this jumper
| even though it shows it on the diagram. They are both on
| the same cable and it is the last drive on that cable
| using the last termination on that particular cable.
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