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Hard drive showing up as floppy drive...

  • 27-10-2007 2:46pm
    #1
    white_falcon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 793 ✭✭✭


    Hiya,
    I have two 500gig hd's. One of em works fine. Other one shows up as a floppy drive for some reason. Both sata hd's

    Have unplugged it all, plugged it back in...still the same...shows up on the boot screen as two of the same named hd's - same description like - WD500GB....

    Any ideas?


Comments

  • #2
    Ginger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭Ginger


    In windows disk management reassign the drive letters to something other than a.. that should possibly fix it


  • #3
    white_falcon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 793 ✭✭✭white_falcon


    Ginger wrote: »
    In windows disk management reassign the drive letters to something other than a.. that should possibly fix it

    oh rite cool. must have a look after work so. any change u know how to do that in vista?


  • #4
    Ginger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭Ginger


    Usually right click my computer on your desktop or in windows explorer and click manage

    Click Disk Management

    That will be where it is, and you can right click on the drive that is causing the issue and change the drive letter there


  • #5
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    right click computer and select manage, then select disk management.

    grr beaten to it.


  • #6
    white_falcon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 793 ✭✭✭white_falcon


    Cremo wrote: »
    right click computer and select manage, then select disk management.

    grr beaten to it.

    cool thanks lads. must try that later so. hopefully will work. could do with the other 500gigs!


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  • #7
    white_falcon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 793 ✭✭✭white_falcon


    i just tried that and it said "not initialised" beside the drive and i cant seem to change the name anywhere...

    heres a screen shot of it


  • #8
    white_falcon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 793 ✭✭✭white_falcon


    actually when i right click on the others it gives me an option to "change drive letters and paths" put it doesn't give me the option for that on the one having the problems. the others all say "healthy" but that one just says "unallocated" and when i right click on it all i can do is select "properties" or "help"


  • #9
    Ginger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭Ginger


    Right click on the panel that says not initialise and click initialise. You may have to then format the drive..


  • #10
    white_falcon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 793 ✭✭✭white_falcon


    sweet thanks man

    i was being dumb - didnt try right clicking that part lol

    tis formatting as we speak thanks :)


  • #11
    Ginger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭Ginger


    No worries.. glad its working now.. you should have been able to assign the drive letter when you started formatteding


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  • #12
    white_falcon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 793 ✭✭✭white_falcon


    yea thanks - assigned it letter "g" thanks ;)


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