Hi Paul,

I will check this out - and thank you for your full and helpful comments.

Added notes; At the moment the OS system recognises that there is another 
drive present (it is listed as an F drive), and the disk management 
recognises that it is healthy (and active) and has a capacity of 186.31GB, 
and the device manager says that the device is working properly. I believe 
that I have set up the device as a slave unit (with the jump connectors) and 
it is located in the correct hard disc bay. BUT it will not format,  F:/ is 
not accessible if you try to open it, and disk management makes no statement 
about partitioning (NTFS).

Will recognition in BIOS be the answer??

regards
Richard

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul A. Shippert" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Moving Hard drives around


> Greetings Richard--
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Stevens" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 12:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Moving Hard drives around
>
>>>  Is it properly recognized in the BIOS?
>>>
>>> David Gillett
>
>> How do I check this?
>>
> -----end original--------
>
> As your computer starts, the key to press to enter setup is often 
> indicated on the screen. Depending on which company manufactured the BIOS, 
> this can be the Delete key, the F1, F2, or other function key. (In some 
> setups, the display of the setup entry key can be disabled, though it will 
> still function.) Once you have entered the BIOS, there could be a menu for 
> a number of different 'areas' (the Award BIOS has this feature), or there 
> may be instructions at the bottom of the screen for navigating to 
> different pages or screens. You want to look for something along the lines 
> of IDE or drives. If recognized, these will usually appear on the first or 
> general page of the BIOS screens. Many BIOS now have the feature of 
> Auto-detect for hard disks. Sometimes this 'happens by default', but other 
> types of BIOS have a screen where you can initiate this. In case you need 
> to manually enter the drive specifications, there is often a "User 
> defined" option in the IDE area. Here you would need the information 
> (usually on a sticker somewhere on the drive) including the number of 
> heads and cylinders. With this information entered (assuming the BIOS has 
> been unable to Auto-detect the drive), the 'hardware' should be able to 
> recognize and use the drive. Be certain the jumpers on all drives are 
> properly set for master and slave on each of the channels, and it is often 
> best (and sometimes necessary, even if cable select is not used) to have 
> the master drive at the end connection of the data/ribbon cable, and the 
> slave drive attached to the center connection.
>
> HTH.
>
> Paul A. Shippert
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