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More info?)
Sorry. The discussion got sidetracked.
Couple things to check:
Does it show up in Disk Management? If so, you can assign a drive letter
there.
Do you have any of the Windows Powetoys installed. There's one that lets you
"hide" drive letters. Maybe that's what happened.
It might be that the drive want the same letter as something else there.
I've seen this happen with things like USB drives that want a letter already
in use. Try changing the DVD drive letter to something else, and see if the
CD reappears.
"MartinIsinger" <MartinIsinger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:625A4180-F586-4538-AB53-5C732573B329@microsoft.com...
>I do not see how this is solving the problem. I to cannot see the new drive
>I
> have installed, the device manager recognizes it, but it does not show up
> in
> explorer.
>
> "D.Currie" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Art" <noonehere@longone.net> wrote in message
>> news:OLrSMS5vEHA.2120@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> > Please see my inline comments...
>> >
>> > "D.Currie" <dmbcurrie.nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:2ul2n9F2992svU1@uni-berlin.de...
>> >> I agree that CS is coming back into fashion, but its utility depends
>> >> on
>> >> where the devices are in the case, and how easy it is to move them so
>> >> that the cable will reach properly with the configuration you want.
>> >> Manufacturers are using CS a lot, but they often have cables that are
>> >> designed specifically to fit their case configuration, so there's no
>> >> other way to plug things in.
>> > I'm not sure I quite understand this. What does cable length have to do
>> > with a Cable Select configuration? While it is true that cable length
>> > is
>> > dependent upon the physical placement of the IDE devices in the
>> > computer
>> > case, it wouldn't seem that there's any relevancy as to the jumper
>> > configuration of these devices.
>>
>>
>> If you're using cable select, the master has to be at the end of the
>> cable,
>> as you said. Depending on where the drives are in the case and the
>> configuration of the cable, it might not work out to have the drive you
>> want
>> as master to be at the end, and for the slave in the middle. For example,
>> if
>> you wanted a hard drive as master and CD as slave on the same IDE, but
>> your
>> hard drive bays are closer to the mobo and the CDs are way at the top,
>> there
>> might not be enough cable length to get the middle portion up to the CD
>> and
>> then the end all the way back down to the hard drive. You may have no
>> other
>> choice than to have the middle connector on the hard drive and the end
>> reaching up to the CD. Never mind about the argument about a hard drive
>> and
>> CD on the same cable, it's just an example.
>>
>> On some computers, and with plenty of cables at the ready with a variety
>> of
>> lengths and distances between connectors, it may not be an issue because
>> you
>> can probably hunt up a cable that will fit the case configuration or move
>> the drives to make it work better. But sometimes you've got to work with
>> what you've got, and if the cables don't reach, they don't reach, and if
>> the
>> drives can't be moved far, there's nothing you can do about that, either.
>> So
>> the master's going to have to be set by jumper so it can be plugged into
>> the
>> middle connector and still work as master.
>>
>> It has nothing to do with the jumpers themselves.
>>
>> If you were questioning my comment about the oems, if you've looked at
>> some
>> of those lately, you'll find that the cables are made to fit exactly
>> where
>> they are, with no way to plug them in differently or move the drives very
>> far. So if someone unplugs the cables, they've got a real good chance
>> that
>> the cables are going to go back the same way again, so there's no chance
>> master and slave could change. It might also have something to do with
>> ease
>> in assembly for the oem. They can probably order all their drives set to
>> CS
>> and not worry about it when the computers are assembled because there's
>> only
>> one way it's all going to fit, and there's no need to have anyone change
>> jumpers around as part of the process.
>>
>> With a home-built or custom-build system that uses standard length cables
>> and a more configurable case, chances are there are multiple ways those
>> cables could get plugged in. So there's greater chance someone could
>> inadvertenly switch master and slave just by pluggin in the cables in a
>> different order.
>>
>> I really don't think either way is better than the other, just what works
>> best for you. In my experience, people are more likely to unplug cables
>> than
>> they are to move jumpers. So setting the drives for master and slave via
>> jumper is less likely to get changed accidentally than using the position
>> on
>> the cable to determine which is master.
>>
>>
>> >
>> >> Personally, I prefer master and slave settings because I know that
>> >> they
>> >> aren't going to change if someone decides to go in there are start
>> >> swapping cables. It's hard enough for most people to remember which
>> >> way
>> >> the red stripe is supposed to go, without also having to remember
>> >> which
>> >> of two drives (which look identical to them) belongs on the end of the
>> >> cable.
>> > But that's precisely the beauty of configuring your devices with Cable
>> > Select. Using CS, the Master/Slave relationship depends upon how the
>> > device is connected to the IDE cable, i.e., middle or end connector.
>> > Thus,
>> > you're never concerned with jumper settings. It's a real plus when
>> > you're
>> > working on computers.
>> >
>> > Art
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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