I'm assuming you are using windows XP. I find that turning off simple file sharing fixes a lot of problems, however, this does not work for XP Home, that option is automatically enabled and cannot be disabled as far as I know. For XP Pro, if you want to try this, open any folder. Go to Tools >...
When I got my second SATA HDD, I plugged it in, booted up, and BOOM, that nice thing called plug and play came into the picture and took care of the rest. I started using it for storage right away. Good luck with your new HDD. :)
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They will stick around as a cheap and effective monitor choice for awhile is my guess. I have one, it works great. *shrugs*.