Tech Support Forum - View Single Post - HDD in BIOS, Not 'My Computer' (Drivers?) [RESOLVED]

laurakoz · 04-12-2007, 11:31 AM

I have a 5YO HP Pavillion 520n. 1.3GHz (Intel Celeron), 256MB RAM, running on Windows XP. Recently revamped the whole thing due to a virus with complete formatting, etc. Purchased a new HDD (Seagate Barracuda 7200.8, 250GB) to use as the master and am using an older Western Digital Caviar (WD600AB) with 60GB as the slave. Couldn't get the slave to register in BIOS but finally saw it after purchasing new cables and setting the pins to 'Cable Select'.

Everything shows up in the boot up where it should and as it should (e.g. primary master, primary slave) as well as under the main tab in BIOS. In the Boot tab in BIOS, there is only 1 IDE listed, but I was told this was usually for the cables I had and in using the Seagate as the master. However, the slave drive is not recognized on the Desktop in 'My Computer'.

I was told this was likely a driver issue (i.e. anytime you can see it in BIOS but not on the Desktop) but after visiting Western Digital's site, it seems they don't really offer many driver downloads (in fact, I don't think they even have my HDD listed anymore) and instead, point you to the manufacturer of your motherboard or card controller.

Anyone have any ideas? :)

04-12-2007, 11:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
laurakoz Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 9 OS: Windows XP	HDD in BIOS, Not 'My Computer' (Drivers?) [RESOLVED] I have a 5YO HP Pavillion 520n. 1.3GHz (Intel Celeron), 256MB RAM, running on Windows XP. Recently revamped the whole thing due to a virus with complete formatting, etc. Purchased a new HDD (Seagate Barracuda 7200.8, 250GB) to use as the master and am using an older Western Digital Caviar (WD600AB) with 60GB as the slave. Couldn't get the slave to register in BIOS but finally saw it after purchasing new cables and setting the pins to 'Cable Select'. Everything shows up in the boot up where it should and as it should (e.g. primary master, primary slave) as well as under the main tab in BIOS. In the Boot tab in BIOS, there is only 1 IDE listed, but I was told this was usually for the cables I had and in using the Seagate as the master. However, the slave drive is not recognized on the Desktop in 'My Computer'. I was told this was likely a driver issue (i.e. anytime you can see it in BIOS but not on the Desktop) but after visiting Western Digital's site, it seems they don't really offer many driver downloads (in fact, I don't think they even have my HDD listed anymore) and instead, point you to the manufacturer of your motherboard or card controller. Anyone have any ideas? :)