RE: [PCTECH] Re: Another topic about PC hard drives

[daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Yea, I know.  I just added a 250GB drive to each of my "main" PC's.  Like
you, I expected XP to recognize it and walk me through some setup stuff in
manner similar to when I originally installed XP.  Instead there was
nothing.  I thought that I had done something wrong until I went to the
Device Manager and saw it there.  Somehow I walked myself through it.  When
I got to the second system I didn't panic when the same thing happened.

They can put a man on the moon but...


Dave Parnin
Nishikawa Standard Company
Topeka, IN  46571
daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx




                                                                                
                              
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You would THINK wouldn't you Dave ? :-)

I was/am setting up a new Windows XP Pro PC (HP) and I stuck a second drive
in. Seagate 80GB, jumpered correctly. So I thought I would see if XP come
set it up. I boot up and XP comes up fine. No "new hardware found" message.
I go to My Computer and all I have is C: I go to System and Hardware and it
shows two hard drives and BOTH are operational !

So I had to boot from my Seagate and let it set it up and then XP
recognized
it...

Chuck

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Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Re: Another topic about PC hard drives

That might explain a thing or two but then again wouldn't those components
fall under the plug-n-play category?  If so, I would think that Windows
would recognize the new components and attempt to install the correct
drivers?  I'm not so sure about the CPU and BIOS but this topic isn't
really about them.  Shouldn't it be able boot and get Windows started even
if everything didn't work quite right?


Dave


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