sata2 second hdd not showing HEEEEELP!!

[lmisbah1234]

hi guys i need help my first hdd only has 56mb out of 160gb left lol i dont know how it happend but it did, ok so i connected my new hdd and it shows in bios and also in device manager but it is not showing in my computer neither do i have any access to it please help me. i have a ocz gamextreme 700wpsu so power isnt the prob help help hel[p

and also both hdd are exactly the same both are western digital 160gb same model etc my origional hdd is on the sata1 slot and second is on sata3 i am just going to try move it to sata 2 slot see if that helps

[VoXiNaTiOn]

Move it to SATA2 and make sure that it's enabled in the BIOS, then you will need to format it to use it, are you on Vista or XP?

Edit: Just realised it would be becase it will only have unallocated space, bear with me while I write up how to partition it.


Start > Right click my computer > Manage > Storage > Disk management


The physical drives will show on the bottom with the volumes shown up top.


The new drive (Disk 1) should have 160GB unallocated space, right click on that space and click "New" then set it to the max size available, tick "Quick format" then hit OK.

Let it format the drive then it will appear in My Computer.

[lmisbah1234]

Move it to SATA2 and make sure that it's enabled in the BIOS, then you will need to format it to use it, are you on Vista or XP?

Edit: Just realised it would be becase it will only have unallocated space, bear with me while I write up how to partition it.

thats why i love pr great game and majority are a good community lol i posted it few mins ago and already reply thanks soo much dude, yea i moved it to sata 2 slot but still same prob, looked in bios and all sata slots are enabled, made sure the power is connected etc etc, in device manager it is recognised and also in hardwar properties screen, im running windows xp sp3 im awaiting instructions dude thanks again

[VoXiNaTiOn]

Refresh the page and look above .

[lmisbah1234]

Move it to SATA2 and make sure that it's enabled in the BIOS, then you will need to format it to use it, are you on Vista or XP?

Edit: Just realised it would be becase it will only have unallocated space, bear with me while I write up how to partition it.


Start > Right click my computer > Manage > Storage > Disk management


The physical drives will show on the bottom with the volumes shown up top.


The new drive (Disk 1) should have 160GB unallocated space, right click on that space and click "New" then set it to the max size available, tick "Quick format" then hit OK.

Let it format the drive then it will appear in My Computer.

DUDE YOU ARE THE MAN IN CAPITALS BABAY lol comon brits lol brits helping brits lol tea and crumpets lol nah on a serious note thank you soo much dude i really appreciate it thanks again

edit: even though it is a 160 drive how comes it will only let me use 150 of the space? well 148 to be precise?

[VoXiNaTiOn]

No worries, I'm here to help .


Shout if you have any other probs.

[lmisbah1234]

problem help lol ok i got the second hdd for games only so im trying to reinstall games on the new hdd but i cant when i try install the games it only lets me do it on first hdd not new one? any ideas lol i thought yeah when the install to directory screen comes up i can install to the new drive but i dont even get that screen? do i have to uninstall the games from the first hdd first or something'/?

[VoXiNaTiOn]

Not sure, when I install my games I just change the path when it gives me the option.

Are you using Steam by any chance?

[AgentJadeD]

I don't understand the reason to install games on another hard drive.

[gomimin]

Having 56MB on system partition (HDD) is not enough - prolly you should delete some temporary files.

Most games look for their install path into registry or an .ini file, so if you move them you'll have to set their path.

Games on second disc:
Looks like a habit from old times when discs were small and all parts of games were in one folder. Some old "hints" are repeated and repeated even if they don't make sense anymore, "i have heard that it's better to..."


As most games store stuff in User space too it only makes sense when more than one PC is using the games...

Nowadays i'd better put a 5GB first (primary) partition with a 4096 swap file on second disc and the rest a storage one.

I myself use different OSses on different discs/partititions with multiboot and shared swaps.

[VoXiNaTiOn]

Got my games + programs on a separate partition so I can re-install etc my OS without having mega problems, plus it brings defragging times down.

[gomimin]

And why not having two identical systems on two partitions (with image prog no need for extra activation if one is already - on the other hand i had even 3 times the same XP on 3 disc in one PC and each activated individually by phone done with a human Call-center worker without probs after i told him that they're on the same computer but i need them for different purposes like everyday stuff, programming and virtualisations.

And if you're doing defragmentation regularly it don't need much time. Btw. doesn't defragmenting 2 single partitions take nearly the same time as if it would be on one?