2nd Hard Drive Not Detected

[simontek]

I just installed Windows 98SE... I have 2 hard drives... 1 - 20 gig ATA100 7200RPM, 1 - 45 gig ATA100 7200RPM..., it use to detect both, just fine on Windows XP, I got Windows 98SE on there, and I cannot see or detect my 45 gig. It does show up in my bios, but no in the my computer...
Any help is appreciated... thanks!
Simon

 

[aerialcombat]

did you try fdisking the harddrive? And make sure you format your harddrive after you fdisk it.

 

[danielshoes]

Yes, even though you have detected the drive in bios, Win98 will only see it if you FDISK it (i.e. create FAT32 or FAT16). And only will access it if you FORMAT it.

Am I looking like a parrot?

 

[KidKasha]

I've had similiar problems. Check your cable. Connecting and recoonecting cable to HDD can cause the cable to fail.

 

[caballo]

did you use Drive Copy or similar? Your second HD may be "hidden" and you may need to use your Copy utility to "unhide" it

 

[sonar]

I had this problem once, I had the Bios auto detect the HD instead of having it set to the other choice, I think it's manual of none, anyeway just let the BIOS auto detect it and see if that works.

 

[Alienwho]

I used to have a similar problem. In the bios when it was set to auto detect it only would detect about half the time. But I changed it to Manual and it works fine everytime. Strange eh?