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Article #859Re: Installing used hard drive without formatting
From: Alex
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 14:03
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 14:03
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One last point, check the the power and IDE connections of your caddy to the MB/power supply and then check the connections of the IDE and power from your drive to the caddy. Or maybe you should do it the other way round. Anyway I once was puzzled as to why windows didn't detect my second drive only to find that the IDE cable wasn't pushed in properly. Alex "case" <case.sinclair@imvs.sa.gov.au> wrote in message news:3ce0549d$1@duster.adelaide.on.net... > Hello all, > I am having difficulty installing a second hard drive into my Win98 SE PC > that was > used in another machine. > I installed the drive using a 5.5 inch bay removable rack that I bought so > it could be easily removed. > I installed the drive and windows seemed to recognise it and asked me to > reboot due to configuration of new hardware, however now when booted it > doesn't show up as part of the system in My computer. > > Do I need to use bios settings to let the system know what I have installed, > or should it have automatically detect it? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated, as there are many pages dealing with > installing and formatting a drive, but apparently none dealing with > installing without formatting on the web. > > hope someone can help. > > thanks > Case > > > >
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