TheTrueDarkOne Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 (edited) Ok guys i think it was just me 2nd guessing myself. I finally said forget it just go with what my knowledge is telling me to do, and now i have my HD showing in my computer. Thanks for reading this guys ~JoseThats my problem, i dont trust myself *when it comes to computers...Ok so here is how its set up Main HD: IDE1 Primary2nd HD: IDE1 2ndaryCD Writer: IDE1 PrimaryDVD: IDE2 2ndary( The writer and DVD may be flipped i cant remember)...Well I "initialized" the new drive through Device manager. It is showing up as unallocated. So do i have for Partition it in order for it to show up on My computer so i can start using it? If so what do you guys reccomend Partition through Windows or using Partion Magic 8 ?If partitioning is why its not showing up under My computer Edited December 25, 2005 by TheTrueDarkOne Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sceeter32 Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 Theres IDE1 & IDE2 set HD to Master-IDE1 2nd HD to Slave IDE1CD writer to Master IDE2 then DVD Rom to Slave IDE2Sceeter32 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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jimras Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 I believe that you don't have to partition it but you will have to format it.As to FAT32 or NTFS formatting, that will depend on what OS you are running and what you intend to do with it.I have a second drive that I installed Linux on a 20 Gig partition that I DIDN'T format because Linux will take care of that for you. I also formatted a 10 Gig partition to FAT32 so WindowsXP and Linux could BOTH write to that partition and then share files. I formatted the rest of the dirve to NTFS so I could use it for backup and extra space for XP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxkbxx Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 I tried to partition with XP CD and the load would freeze up at around 30%I STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU use Partition Magic (I'm doing it right now!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTrueDarkOne Posted December 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 Well ya i formatted of course Then i did my little partitions... Thanks guys I need to stop 2nd guessing myself, but i suppose better safe then sorry right? ~Jose Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Martint Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 nah...sorry than safe..cause why be on the sidelines and do nothing when you can actually play..win or lose..your playing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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