installation problem with 3rd hard drive

[miscsyl]

I have a problem with an installation of 3rd hard drive on my windows 2000 os. I would like to install 80 GB (8 MB Cache) Western Digital hard drive on my computer. After installaing windows 2000, I was able to detect 1st and 2nd hard drive; but 80 GB hard drive was not detected.

From Western Digital Support web site(http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp), I have downloaded Data Lifeguard v10.0 and ran some tests. I was able to detect all my 3 hard drives when I ran the Data Lifeguard test; however, when I try to install the driver, I received an error message: I/O time out.

It seems like my hard drive is detected in BIOS; but not in OS 2000.

Any comment/advise?
Any information will be appreciated.

I am using ePox 4G4A+ motherboard.

Thank you.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by miscsyl on 02/24/03 12:10 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[4Ryan6]

You need to list your exact setup and how everything is connected,(IE;IDE?Primary?Secondary?Master?Slave?RAID?SCSI???).

Are your hardrive jumpers set right, for your configuration?


Details, Details, Its all in the Details, If you need help, Don't leave out the Details.

 

[elzt]

If your hard drive is new, then you need to partition it first before any os can recognize it.

 

[Codinerx]

I had that same problem with my 80gb western digital hard drive. I have two in a raid 0 configuration, and when I added the 80 gig, it would sporadically disappear and reappear, for no apparent reason. I wound up having to reformat my computer due to a virus, and magically, the hard drive is always recognized by the OS (windowsxp). Very weird, I hope you get lucky and it works hehe, if you can't figure out the technical problem.

 

[miscsyl]

codinerx:

I think my situation is similar to yours. I had 3 hard disks in my computer. I did a clean installtion of windows 2000 OS - and after that, I can not see my 3rd hard drive (WD 80 GB) anymore.

When I installed windows 2000, I did a clean installation - which formatted the 1st hard drive - which has windows 2000 OS. Did you anything else on your computer that fixed the problem?

Thanks

 

[Codinerx]

I can't remember doing anything else that would have fixed the problem. I think I may have just gotten lucky, or perhaps downloading the windows updates may have fixed the problem? Its worth a shot, I hope you can figure it out.

O wait I just remembered something... In my bios, I had to change the boot order of a couple of thing to fix a different problem- I did that right before I reinstalled my new OS. I am not sure if that has had any effect whatsoever, but give it a try! Good luck!

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by codinerx on 02/28/03 02:01 PM.</EM></FONT></P>