2 HARD DRIVES IN DEV MNGR BUT 1 UNACCESSABLE

Posted: 07-13-2003, 06:21 PM

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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, 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:
> news:003601c3496b$969dacf0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>
>| 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

>| 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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Nicholas

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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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Nicholas

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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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