HDD Problem

[Xenophon]

Hi,

I eventually decided to install my 120 GB HDD. I installed it as my master and my 80 GB as my slave. On my bios it picks up the 120 GB, but on XP it doesn't. Do I have to format it before it will pick it up, pls help as I now only wanna use my 80 GB for backing up my files (I need to do that quite often as I am very good in screwing up my computer)

Then the other thing is my computer starts quite fine (even before I put the 120GB in, at least it is still working ;-)) However when it gets to my desktop it takes 2-5 minutes if I press on an icon to open up the program. But once it "heats" up it is fine. The same for my DVD-R. It takes a while to think and then it freezes. I have to take out the DVD/CD and put it back in again then it runs all right. The DVD-R runs on its own IDE Cable and the 2 x HDD runs on one IDE Cable.

Ps I thought it was the IDE cables so I got other ones, no luck.

specs :
661FX-M7 Motherboard
P4 3.2Ghz
512MB Ram
Radeon 6600GT 128MB
Windows XP

 

[Person]

The 120GB drive is it new and never been used or formatted ?

 

[Xenophon]

The guy who sold it to me (R300 - is that reasonable) said it was new, but I don't believe it. No box, the pins in the back don't look like my 80GB (It actually has 10 pins instead of 9). It didn't have those plastic thingies you put over the pins and it didn't come with an IDE cable. Does that answer your question?

 

[nGAGEd55]

R300 for a new 120GB , he's lying

Right click on My Computer, select Manage, then click on Disk Management under Storage. How many harddrives does it show? (if there's two, the one will be Disk0 the other will be Disk1)

BTW...

Radeon 6600GT 128MB

Radeons are the ATI cards, the 6600GT is a Nvidia GeForce

 

[Person]

Ok as a retailer R300 for an 80GB - thats not a new drive price. (cant be sure if its new unless I see it, might be)

If your talking about the 9 pins where you normaly find a Jumper (plactic part that connects 2 pins) some have 10 others 9. As if the jumper. (as a new drive it should come with one)

Take your working drive out.(leaving only the 120GB) Put your windows CD in and follow the windows install till you get to the drive format - Format the drive and as soon as the forum is finished restart the pc. Then put the drives back as you have them now and go into windows. Windows will now pick up your drive.

If this does not work. (its the drive that is faulty)

 

[Xenophon]

R300 for a new 120GB : he's lying

Right click on My Computer, select Manage, then click on Disk Management under Storage. How many harddrives does it show? (if there's two, the one will be Disk0 the other will be Disk1)

BTW...

Radeons are the ATI cards, the 6600GT is a Nvidia GeForce

Thank you, I thought so. If I am looking for a new one what price am I looking at . I did the thingetjie mabob you mentioned above and only the 80GB showed. This B*stard has been keeping me on the line for 6 months already owing me R2000 and eventually he started flogging stuff to me (yes, i am a softy but not anymore) I will take it back to him and shove it up his *ss.

Thanx for the tip on the Graphics card, blonde moment. I have them too often

 

[Xenophon]

Ok as a retailer R300 for an 80GB - thats not a new drive price. (cant be sure if its new unless I see it, might be)

If your talking about the 9 pins where you normaly find a Jumper (plactic part that connects 2 pins) some have 10 others 9. As if the jumper. (as a new drive it should come with one)

Take your working drive out.(leaving only the 120GB) Put your windows CD in and follow the windows install till you get to the drive format - Format the drive and as soon as the forum is finished restart the pc. Then put the drives back as you have them now and go into windows. Windows will now pick up your drive.

If this does not work. (its the drive that is faulty)

Hi, I will try that. But I will not be surprised if it does not work. He tried to flog this HDD to one of my PC illiterate friends (ja sometimes I also sound like one) and it didn't work with her either. I just hate b*stards who take advantage. I always try to help people (and I notice you do a lot of that too person = espescially me ) and seem to always get off the worst end of the deal. Does my forehead say "let me screw you over"? (/me looks around for telkom.... sjoe)

 

[Person]

Hi, I will try that. But I will not be surprised if it does not work. He tried to flog this HDD to one of my PC illiterate friends (ja sometimes I also sound like one) and it didn't work with her either. I just hate b*stards who take advantage. I always try to help people (and I notice you do a lot of that too person = espescially me ) and seem to always get off the worst end of the deal. Does my forehead say "let me screw you over"? (/me looks around for telkom.... sjoe)

NP m8, have a look at my site. You'll find some HDDs at good prices. To try and help someone else out that is always helping others. I'll ship to you for Free, just because we need more poeple like us in the world. (or venus)

Edit: hell i hope i dont need to ship to Venus.

 

[Xenophon]

cool person.

Once I get the money out of this b*stard I will definately order it from you. Got 6 months to spare? nah, give me two weeks I will get him by the b*lls.

edit : Ok, so what about the second part of my question?

 

[killadoob]

ummm one thing are you sure they not both on the cable (assuming your using one ide slot) as say primary or slave

because it wont pick up one if that is the case

 

[Person]

ummm one thing are you sure they not both on the cable (assuming your using one ide slot) as say primary or slave

because it wont pick up one if that is the case

It picks it up in the bios, meaning the cable is fine. Only problem is its not picking it up in windows and from what is written in the 1st post it looks like its slowing the PC down. (normaly this happens when there is something wrong with the newly installed drive.)