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jr_senator
18th of June 2009 (Thu), 23:45
Just the facts as simple as I can. New computer from Dell. Vista 64 bit. Two 640GB HDs in RAID 0. Had a computer shop install an additional 80GB HD to use solely as a scratch disc. Everything OK with HDs at this point. Due to several errors on my part I set the computer back to how (so they say) it was when delivered. The additional HD does not now show in "Computer". There is, however, in device manager a listing for "Other devices" with the sub entry "Unkown device" I have no idea if this is the HD not showing in "Computer". How do I get the additional HD reconized? thanks
Palladium
18th of June 2009 (Thu), 23:49
Google

Vista Basic Drives

Vista Dynamic Drives

You answer lie within :lol:
tim
19th of June 2009 (Fri), 00:53
In XP you'd just go into computer management, then disk management, it'd appear. Vista I have no idea about.
Tdragone
19th of June 2009 (Fri), 19:07
When you ;reset things to how they were'... were you IN WINDOWS or in BIOS?
If you were in BIOS then you probably have the SATA port the 80 gig drive attached to turned OFF.

Side note.. the best drives for a scratch disk are the western digital raptor or velociraptor sata drives spinning @ 10,000 rpm.
jr_senator
19th of June 2009 (Fri), 20:42
When you ;reset things to how they were'... were you IN WINDOWS or in BIOS?
Windows
In2Photos
19th of June 2009 (Fri), 21:27
Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management. Is the drive listed there?
jr_senator
20th of June 2009 (Sat), 15:49
No, at least if it is it is the wrong size. This is what I get from the BIOS.

[Hard Disc Drive List]
Model Name Capacity Type/Statis
HDD0:ST380815AS 80GB Non-RAID


[RAID Disc Drive List]
no listing


Disk Information
Model:ST380815AS
Serial: 6QZ7GPMF
Firmware: 4.AAB
Capacity: 80GB


Channel: SATA Port 0
Transfer: UDMA Mode 6
Addressing : 48-bit 2BA
Support 3G: YES
RAID Config: Non-RAID:
jr_senator
22nd of June 2009 (Mon), 10:35
The problem drive is now working. It would show in the BOIS and "Device Management" but not in "Computer". I had double clicked on a drive being called "Unknown" a couple of times without success and I had installed a mini CD given me when the 3rd HD was installed that said "RAID CARD" at the top half and "DRIVER" on the bottom half. I explored the CD and saw a lot of things but not something I would think was a driver. I again opened "Device Manager" and this time right clicked "Unknown". There was a sub-category that I followed to where I was instructed to install the driver. With the help I had received so far, I was able to ID the type of driver it was requesting. I installed the mini CD and darn if things doin't get active. Finally saying the device was installed. Now it shows in "Computer" and works fine. Thanks for the help and time you have given me. Without which I wouldn't had found my way.