I have Windows 98SE() and i only installed it on a 4gig. Harddrive, so im trying to install a slave drive (80gig.) but when i check for it in My Computer it don't show up! Anyone know a solution

Can you see this disk in BIOS, have you setup jumpers correctly?

Yes, double check
BIOS settings
Jumper settings on back of drives
Cables

And you might need an update for drives that big:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...&NoWebContent=1
http://www.hexff.com/w98_hd.php

jaclaz

After connecting the drive, you could check if it shows up in the BIOS listing of IDE devices at all. If that first thing is fine, then you need to make partitions on that HDD before it will be visible in "My Computer".

I agree with prathapml...

You'll probably need to run fdisk and partition the hard drive.

With any install, it helps to give us as much info as you can. Computer manufacturer, MB make and model, CPU.....

If the MB is too old, it may not be able to even recognise the hdd without flashing a newer BIOS, assumming that one is available. I'm going to guess that the 4 gig hdd is the original one that came with the PC. So it's probably like a Pentium 2 based PC...which means that you are going to have to flash the BIOS to get it to read anything like 16gigs and up. Look ok the MB for a model number or if its like an HP or something, check and see if they have a BIOS update on their site.

-Alternatively-

If You don't want to mess with flashing the BIOS, I'd highly recommend an IDE controller card for like $20. You simply put it in a PCI slot and the new hdd gets plugged into that. That way you can use the IDE card to read the new hdd and you don;t have to mess with BIOS at all. Works with any computer new or old and it makes setup a snap. Then all you need to do is hook the new hdd up to it and jumper it for a single drive if its by itself on the cable, or master/slave if its with something else.

What kind of hdd is it? Each manufacturer uses different jumper settings.....
Western digital? Maxtor? Segate? ....?

Paul

PS-If you decide to get an IDE controller because of either BIOS limitations or to ease the hassel, I'd recommend this:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....-104-214&depa=0

HI
if the harddrive is detected by your bios and you still cant see it in "My Computer" that means that your harddrive is without partition.So you must fist partition your new harddrive and then formated with fat32.

...and NOT ntfs

becausae you are using Windows98 and Windows98 only support FAT or FAT32. You have to partition your HDD to 32GB (max, 32768MB) for each partition. After partition, you MUST format all the partitions in DOS mode. After formatting, reboot your computer......


You can partition it into one 80GB in FAT32 but (if) you store a lot of small files into your new HDD. You can get the message about "Your HDD is FULL" even your still have 50GB space