partition magic nubie

poolshark111 · 07-05-2008, 06:26 PM

Hello: I recently installed windows xp and everything is working fine on the C drive on which I installed. This install was done after a power failure that screwed a bunch of stuff up on my computer. The problem is that I have two hard drives and my computer isn't recognizing the secondary one. I have never worked with partitioning before but a friend recommended partition magic. I ran it and it sees the other hard drive but the drive says "unallocated" , status at none. Like I said I'm new at this and I don't want to screw anything up so I was wondering if anyone could walk me through the process of getting this drive back on track. I would greatly appreciate the help as I store all my important files and what not on this drive and would hate to lose them.
Thanks a bunch! Mike

Crespo PC Serv · 07-05-2008, 06:31 PM

what kinda hard drives are they? sata or IDE? if its IDE make sure u set the secondary to Slave.

poolshark111 · 07-05-2008, 06:50 PM

Not sure which they are but I do know that the drive is set to slave because the computer was running fine off the working drive and also booting off the working drive before reformatting. The other drive was working as a backup...all I did was reinstall windows. Neither of the drives are new and nothings been changed (ie master / slave)

07-05-2008, 06:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
poolshark111 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 7 OS: xp pro sp2	partition magic nubie Hello: I recently installed windows xp and everything is working fine on the C drive on which I installed. This install was done after a power failure that screwed a bunch of stuff up on my computer. The problem is that I have two hard drives and my computer isn't recognizing the secondary one. I have never worked with partitioning before but a friend recommended partition magic. I ran it and it sees the other hard drive but the drive says "unallocated" , status at none. Like I said I'm new at this and I don't want to screw anything up so I was wondering if anyone could walk me through the process of getting this drive back on track. I would greatly appreciate the help as I store all my important files and what not on this drive and would hate to lose them. Thanks a bunch! Mike

07-05-2008, 06:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Crespo PC Serv Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 86 OS: Windows XP Pro SP3 My System	Re: partition magic nubie what kinda hard drives are they? sata or IDE? if its IDE make sure u set the secondary to Slave.

07-05-2008, 06:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
poolshark111 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 7 OS: xp pro sp2	Re: partition magic nubie Not sure which they are but I do know that the drive is set to slave because the computer was running fine off the working drive and also booting off the working drive before reformatting. The other drive was working as a backup...all I did was reinstall windows. Neither of the drives are new and nothings been changed (ie master / slave)