I apologize if this seems simplistic, but that's about where I am on the hardware side. I got a hard drive that I installed in an enclosure, and had no luck with it. As it turned out, there were 2 things I had to do. I had to change the jumpers to a setting other than was on the actual hard drive cover. Had to exchange emails with the manufacturer to get the setting. Not showing the proper settings shouldn't be a problem for you if you're installing it inside the machine. The other thing I had to do was format the hard drive. I wish I could remember how I did it so I could tell you, but it was NOT intuitive, nor was it accessible from an icon like "my computer" and searching help on my machine for "format hard drive". It was in something like drive management that was easy to find - - after someone told me how to get to it. I would have expected formatting would be as easy as it is when you slip a floppy in a drive, but it's not. But, it served my problem of the hidden hard drive and may very well do the same for you. Sorry I can't give you more specifics, but since I know it's easy once you find out how to do it, I thought I would post and hope somebody else can provide specifics. Post when you get this resolved and let us know what works. William Closure ----Original Message Follows---- Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 18:07:29 -0400 From: Donald DeWitt <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Second Hard Drive Installation Problem Hello members, I need advice installing a second hard drive as a slave. I have a Dell XPS 400 running with XP. I purchased a new Seagate 160GB Serial ATA w/NCQ 7200/8MB from an internet company and a hookup cable from a different inte= rnet source listed as SATA Serial ATA Cable =96 36inch =96 Red =96 1 Right Angle Connector. I installed the drive and connected the cable to the drive and the motherboard also connected the extra power plug to the drive. The computer doesn't recognize the drive by clicking on "My Computer" also the Add Hardware Wizard cannot find it. The drive did not come with an installation CD or installation instructions. Where do I go from here? Don DeWitt PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml