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    X205-S7483 with XP install not showing my 2nd harddrive

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by Halo200x, Apr 18, 2010.

  1. Halo200x

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    Halo200x, Apr 18, 2010
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    Come on if anyone knows!

    I have all my steam games on that harddrive I wanna play some CS:S & BFBC2.... and MW2 for the lulz!
     
    Halo200x, Apr 21, 2010
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    Visible in Device Manager?
     
    Amnesiac, Apr 21, 2010
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    It shows 2 hitachi drives in the devices manager, I assume one is the drive thats not working but I'm not sure.
     
    Halo200x, Apr 22, 2010
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    So your laptop can see it as a hardware device, but will not recognize it within the OS.

    Have you double clicked on the entry for the hard drive, to check whether it's reported working or not?
     
    Amnesiac, Apr 22, 2010
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    This? says its working fine.
    I figured out the Hitachi HTS541612J9SA00 is my other drive, but I can't it to show up...
    and it won't let me see its properties.
    [​IMG]
    [​IMG]
     
    Halo200x, Apr 24, 2010
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    Install your mass storage controller driver.
    You can see in your snapshot of device manager that your mass storage controller driver is not installed and until it is that can keep your second driver from showing in windows...
     
    Priest-King, Apr 25, 2010
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    Right click on My Computer -> Manage -> Disk Management

    See if the hard drive has a letter assigned to it.
     
    Greg, Apr 25, 2010
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    well that doesn't really help me as I can't install that mass storage controller, I don't know what driver it needs and automatically looking for one didn't help.
    No, it doesn't have a letter assigned to it. Also it's status, if this helps any, is:
    healthy(GPT Protective Partition)
     
    Halo200x, Apr 29, 2010
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    If computer management can see the HDD then it's time to create a partition on the disc and then assign a drive letter. New HDDs are not formatted and until that happens Windows cannot use them.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Apr 30, 2010
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    thanks I'll try it.
    if only it were that easy, but it won't let me mess with the drive to format it. Besides I have a lot of games on there, I don't want to wipe it clean.
     
    Halo200x, May 6, 2010
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    Halo200x, Jun 16, 2010
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