added 2 hard drives system XP it dont see them?
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Right click on Mycomputer and select MANAGE\nthen go to Disk Management, if you can see Disk1, Disk2 etc, then right click on the empty space and select create partition.
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Was this a working system or a new system? The first thing I would check is the plugs in the motherboard to see that they are actually plugged in. Check the bios again and make sure the IDE ports are enabled. If you have 2 drives, try unplugging one and see if it reads one drive. Try setting up one drive on the cable that goes to the hard drive. Cables can go bad too.
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go to my computer.. Drive letters will be listed there according to ur partitions..\n\nwithout hardisk connection, u cant boot into windows..\nif u r in windows, then ur hard disk is working and can access it thru My Computer..\n\nIf u connected one more hard disk and wanna access it, u can access thru My computer..\n\nbut if the drives are not displaying:\n\n-check the jumber settings of the second hard disk.. set it as slave..\n\n--check whether it is properly plugged(power/data cable)..
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You can try booting from a XP installation cd and try repairing the system. Chances are that youre hard disk is damaged, try running a disk diagnose program and see if this is the case. Hope not, cause you'll have to get another one then
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you need a windows disc. something has happened to you system files on the HD, it might jsut be a cable came out though, have a check when the computer is turned off.
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You may need to load some special drivers.  I believe Windows XP will only support like a 138GB partition.  I think the drivers should have come with you hard drive or you probably can download them from Western Digital at their website.  Check out this PDF there is instructions on page 2 http://www.wdc.com/en/library/eide/2079-001026.pdf
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try checking ur disk by using chkdsk on ur drive \nor alternatively have the recovery console for that operatign system
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Yes, update to SP2 and convert your FAT file system to NTFS...it's much better filing system for your OS..\nWhy? Because you installed the OS using NTFS, and the other I would imagine is either another partition, or it's a Slave Drive...You can always reformat it and convert it to NTFS...Always use NTFS for XP operating systems...
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There should be a jumper (a small rect. plastic connector that slides onto a pair of pins) that you move to designate the master drive. Change the jumpers on both drives and set the boot option in your BIOS to boot from the second hard drive first.\n\nDone!
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I would check the HD in another system and the IDE or SATA wire.\n\nYou can buy another control card that plugs into a PCI slot, it might even be faster.
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I'm assuming that you have it installed already and correctly, meaning you set the jumpers correctly.  First, right click on my computer, select manage, select disk management, right click on your new hard drive.  Initialize it.  Once you initialize it you can set up your partitions from there.
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Did you boot from the CD-rom to install Windows??  Sounds like the drive doesn't have the system files to it.  \n\nHere's a link with instruction to perform a clean Windows XP install:\n\nhttp://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp
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Have you partitioned and formatted the second drive?\n\nGo to Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management. Under Storage, select Disk Management. If the second drive shows up as Unpartitioned Space, right-click on it to partition and format it.  Then Windows should see it.
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You have to have a boot disk first, then re-format you hard drive from the boot disk, then install win XP. Make sure the boot disk is made from win 98
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This will depend on  what you want to do?\nIf you  are installing a new hard drive then  first of all you need to check to see if it set as a master , then you need to partition and format the drive. The easiest way to do this is to  go to www.madboot.com and download  the boot disk then use it  it will allow you to  fdisk, partition format and install  and  lots more\n If you are using xp  as an OS then set your pc to boot from the cd-drive and  install from the disk
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Hmmmm...not exactly sure. My computer came with XP already installed and I had NO disks that came with mine. Mine had the option to make recovery disks though. Did yours not? If you didn't make recovery disks and it didn't come with any, I don't think you can.
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did u install an operating system or not yet ?\n\nif yes, then open "My Computer" if u use windows operating system and right click on each drive and chose properties.\n\nif no, then the easiest way is to plug ur hard drive to another pc which has an operating system and do the same\n\n\ngood luck mate.. ;)