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I've gotten a lightly used ibm 20gb hd I want to add to my system. Tried setting it to master and connecting to ide 4, original hd on ide
3. IDE 1 & 2 are cd drives.

hd is ata 66, 5400 rpm. highpoint bootup screen sees both drives as does windows system properties. Windows explorer does not see it.

What next?
 
Format the drive.

"Martin Lewis" wrote:

I've gotten a lightly used ibm 20gb hd I want to add to my system. Tried setting it to master and connecting to ide 4, original hd on ide
3. IDE 1 & 2 are cd drives.

hd is ata 66, 5400 rpm. highpoint bootup screen sees both drives as does windows system properties. Windows explorer does not see it.

What next?

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Martin Lewis
Media Development Specialist
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P.S. Frisk it, if you haven't done so already.

"Jerry Polyak" wrote:

Format the drive.

"Martin Lewis" wrote:

I've gotten a lightly used ibm 20gb hd I want to add to my system. Tried setting it to master and connecting to ide 4, original hd on ide
3. IDE 1 & 2 are cd drives.

hd is ata 66, 5400 rpm. highpoint bootup screen sees both drives as does windows system properties. Windows explorer does not see it.

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Of course I meant FDISK.

"Jerry Polyak" wrote:

P.S. Frisk it, if you haven't done so already.

"Jerry Polyak" wrote:

Format the drive.

"Martin Lewis" wrote:

I've gotten a lightly used ibm 20gb hd I want to add to my system. Tried setting it to master and connecting to ide 4, original hd on ide ...
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More fun to Frisk it... see, I didn't mention sheep either....<g>

M. 30726. 10:15pm ET
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"Jerry Polyak" wrote:

Of course I meant FDISK.

"Jerry Polyak" wrote:

P.S. Frisk it, if you haven't done so already.

"Jerry Polyak" wrote:

Format the drive.

... ide 3. IDE 1 & 2 are cd drives.

hd is ata 66, 5400 rpm. highpoint bootup screen sees both drives as does windows system properties. Windows explorer does not see it.

What next?

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Martin Lewis
Media Development Specialist
Onondaga Community College
Syracuse, NY
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Q: how do you FRISK a hard drive?
A: very gently.

"MJH" wrote:

More fun to Frisk it... see, I didn't mention sheep either....<g>

M. 30726. 10:15pm ET
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"Jerry Polyak" wrote:

Of course I meant FDISK.

"Jerry Polyak" wrote:

... as does windows system properties. Windows explorer does not see it.

What next?

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Martin Lewis
Media Development Specialist
Onondaga Community College
Syracuse, NY
www.sunyocc.edu/~lewism

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Jerry Polyak wrote:
Of course I meant FDISK.
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Thats "OK", Jerr ...
"we" all ( all of All Y'All of us ) know what you really =meant=.

Then too ...
BUT
=NOT= to plant Freudian slips in your mind ...
mite I suggest that 'next' time you 'spel' is as " F'Disk " ... in the style( & grace ) of our Auz & Kiwi friends ... aka F'Nut & F'Wit .

See you 'next' at the DNA Lounge ... `eh?

Qed.
 
MJH wrote:
More fun to Frisk it... see, I didn't mention sheep either....<g>
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Yes. ... well done ... the 'lack' of mention.

I know "Jerr" appreciates the politness you offered as to his "condition" ... poor, dear Boy.

Qed.
 
not to sound stupid, but since the drive is not recognized at the dos level, how do i make sure that I fdisk it without touching my c drive. of course i could create a boot disk and disconnect c.

Jerry Polyak wrote:

P.S. Frisk it, if you haven't done so already.

"Jerry Polyak" wrote:

Format the drive.

"Martin Lewis" wrote:

I've gotten a lightly used ibm 20gb hd I want to add to my system. Tried setting it to master and connecting to ide 4, original hd on ide
3. IDE 1 & 2 are cd drives.
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1. Run FDISK.
2. Use the display current partition (or something to that effect) info to examine your hard drives.
3. Select the right drive and do "Create new primary or logical partition"

Should be that easy.

Of course if you are not at all sure about what you're doing, you can always go with disconnecting the c: drive and using a boot floppy. Probably the most error proof way.

"Martin Lewis" wrote:

not to sound stupid, but since the drive is not recognized at the dos level, how do i make sure that I fdisk it without touching my c drive. of course i could create a boot disk and disconnect c.

Jerry Polyak wrote:

P.S. Frisk it, if you haven't done so already.

"Jerry Polyak" wrote:

Format the drive.

"Martin Lewis" wrote:
... ide 3. IDE 1 & 2 are cd drives.

hd is ata 66, 5400 rpm. highpoint bootup screen sees both drives as
does windows system properties. Windows explorer does not see it.

What next?

--
Martin Lewis
Media Development Specialist
Onondaga Community College
Syracuse, NY
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What version of windows? If XP, go to 'My computer>Control Panel>Administrative tools>Computer management>Disk Management

"Martin Lewis" wrote:

not to sound stupid, but since the drive is not recognized at the dos level, how do i make sure that I fdisk it without touching my c drive. of course i could create a boot disk and disconnect c.
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"JimL" wrote:

0_Qed,

See you 'next' at the DNA Lounge ... `eh?

Ah, just STOP swimming in the shallow end of the 'gene pool'!
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Jim
Using - Virtual Access(OLR), ZAP 4.0, & WinXP Pro w/SP1 http://www.virtual-access.org
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He's not allowed in the gene pool anymore - he got caught leaking and turning the water purple!
 
"Frisk" it? is that what you do to the sheep when no one is looking?
 
TomG wrote:
you have to partition and format the drive.
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The OP said " slightly used " ...
further implying ptn'd & frmt'd ...
???

Oh Well ...

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TomG wrote:
"Frisk" it? is that what you do to the sheep when no one is looking?
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How dare you 'peep' & 'pry' !!!!

Jerry's Pasture is his "Castle" ...
supposedly SAFE from preverted peeping 'eyes' such as your's.

Bad Boy!

<VBFG>
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