Hard drive

[lonzo1955]

tried installing new hard drive dell dimensions 8200 but does not seem to work. Everything powers up hard drive light flashes then goes out does not seem to find drive. what do you think might be problem.Thanks bunch...

 

[Ubrales]

Here is the documentation for your computer: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8200/replace.htm#1101667

The second HDD that you added must be formatted before the system will recognize it. Open Control Panel ---> Administrative Tools ---> Computer management ---> Disk Management. Then select the new drive. Right click on this drive and NTFS format it. Re-start computer.