Computer not detecting both hard drives wierd!?!

[SportyGuy220]

ok i have two hard drives 1 160gb and 1 40gb hard drive, i was using my 40 gb for movies and stuff before i rebuilt my comp and now when i rebuilt my comp i cant seem to get the 40gb to be recognized in windows my computer. However the bios is detecting the drive but my computer is not. how is this?

 

[Ice Czar]

Start > Run > (type) diskmgmt.msc > Action Button Rescan disks
if you see it and there is a letter asigned to it

disable simple file sharing
&
take ownership of files and folders
(just google those for instructions on how)

need to be logged on as the Admin
and if those are Dynamic Disks its different
you need to RClick the Drive Graphic in Disk Management and Import Foreign Disk
then do the above
but hopefully its a basic disk

your being transfered, and Im going to sleep
but will check back AM Rocky Mountain Time

 

[Mattman]

Also, make sure you've got the jumpers set right. Weird stuff happens when slave/master/single drive jumpers aren't set right.

 

[SportyGuy220]

Ive set the jumpers around and its set right, also here is some ss's of the properties.

 

[Ice Czar]

not a dynamic disk

just disable simple file sharing and take ownership of files andd folders
its a permissions issue, since it doesnt know it belongs to you

 

[SportyGuy220]

what do i do to take control of its files? when i right click it just brings this up.

 

[Ice Czar]

http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/winxpnetworking/ht/winxpsfs.htm

Open "My Computer" from the Start Menu or Windows XP Desktop. A new My Computer window will appear.

2. Open the "Tools" menu and choose the "Folder Options..." option from this menu. A new Folder Options window will appear.

3. Click on the "View" tab and locate the "Use Simple File Sharing (Recommended)" checkbox in the list of Advanced Settings.

4. To enable Simple File Sharing, ensure this checkbox is checked. To disable Simple File Sharing, ensure this checkbox is not checked. Click inside the checkbox to alternately enable and disable the option.

5. Click OK to close the Folder Options window. The settings for Simple File Sharing are now updated; no computer reboot is required.

The Simple File Sharing checkbox should be at or near the bottom of the Advanced Settings list in the My Computer Folder Options.
Enabling Simple File Sharing prevents the ability to assign user-level passwords to shares. When Simple File Sharing is enabled on a computer, remote users will not be prompted for a password when accessing that computer's shares.
If the Windows XP Professional computer is part of a Windows domain rather than a Windows workgroup, this process for enabling or disabling Simple File Sharing has no effort. Simple File Sharing always remains disabled for computers joined to domains.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

To take ownership of a folder, follow these steps:
Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties.
Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if one appears).
Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
In the Name list, click your user name, or click Administrator if you are logged in as Administrator, or click the Administrators group. If you want to take ownership of the contents of that folder, select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box.
Click OK, and then click Yes when you receive the following message:

You do not have permission to read the contents of directory folder name. Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you Full Control?

All permissions will be replaced if you press Yes.
Note folder name is the name of the folder that you want to take ownership of.
Click OK, and then reapply the permissions and security settings that you want for the folder and its contents.

http://www.windowsitlibrary.com/Content/592/toc.html

Take Ownership
The second particularly useful special access permission is Take Ownership.

All files and folders on a nNTFS volume have an owner. By default, the owner is the person installing the volume and formatting it with the NTFS file system. This is usually a Windows 2000 Administrator. File and folder ownership can be transfer to another user or group. You can grant a user account or a user group the ability to take ownership of a file or folder. As an administrator, you have the ability to take control of any files or folders on the NTFS volume.

Two hard-and-fast rules apply here. Remember these when thinking about granting someone the ability to take ownership of a file or folder.


The owner of a file or folder or any user with the Full Control NTFS permission to a file or folder can assign the Full Control standard NTFS permission or the Take Ownership special access permission, which allows taking control of that file or folder. For instance, if User A has the Full Control standard NTFS permission to D:\Apps and assigns the Take Ownership special access permission to User A, User A can now take ownership of any files or folders in D:\Apps.


A Windows 2000 administrator can take ownership of a file or folder at any time. This is one of the inherited rights that administrators have. Administrators can then assign the Take Ownership special access permission to another user or group, so that they can take control of the files and folders in a parent folder. For instance, if User A leaves the organization for another position, a Windows 2000 administrator can assign the Take Ownership special access permission to the former employee's manager for the former employee's files and folders. The manager can then take ownership of those files and folders.

those where by the way the first google returns for the following queries
disable simple file sharing
take ownership of files and folders
NTFS permissions

and Welcome to the forums

 

[SportyGuy220]

i disabled the file sharing and im still not seeing the 2nd drive. I did format the rest of my 160gb hard drive into another partition. Does anyone have MSN to use remote assistance and they can do it. Ive done ever step that you all have explained and im still not getting what im tryin to get. My MSN is sportyguy220@aol.com. If you know what your doing please let me use 5 min of your time to fix this. Thanks. Ill even send somone 5$ on paypal if they can fix this and get it working. Thanks.

 

[Ice Czar]

and im still not seeing the 2nd drive..

from disk management?
RClick the drive > Properties > Sharing Tab > New Share