[jdj85]

Hallo everyone,

Let me first start off by saying that I studied IT in college (which is around 5years ago, so I'm not a complete newb when it comes to pc's and hardware/software.

Last year I bought a new computer, which had a 320 GB Samsung SATA drive. My old computer had 2 IDE HDDs, one Maxtor drive and one Western Digital HDD.
After installing Windows XP Professional on my new SATA drive, I took out the 2 HDD's from my old computer, and build them into my new pc (this all took place about a year ago). I did this without formatting the HDD's, but all 3 HDDs were showing in windows so it wasn't a problem.

Then I was writing something to my MAxtor HDD and it said there was an I/O problem. It shut the file transfer off, and the Maxtor drive 'disappeared' from windows. About a week later it magically showed up again after booting my pc....
Didn't really think much of it back then because i was hardly using the HDD and the problem was 'solved'.

So last night I wanted to install Windows 7, but before I did I formatted my Maxtor drive, which was still holding the Windows from the other computer it had been in, and used it to store movies, music, applications, etc.
So After I was done transfering files, I booted from my Windows 7 DVD, formatted my C: (Samsung SATA) and installed Windows. After it was done installing, I found out that the Maxtor drive was not showing in my computer, thus not usable for storing and retrieving files, but it IS detected by device manager and BIOS.

Does anyone know what I can do to solve this?

This is a screenshot:



I wasn't really planning on writing a wall of text but I guess the more information I give you, the better the problem can be solved.

Thanks for the help in advance!

[Triple6]

Is the drive showing in Disk Management?

[jdj85]

Yes it is:

[Triple6]

Can you right click on the drive in Disk Management and assign it a drive letter?

[jdj85]

Originally Posted by Triple6

Can you right click on the drive in Disk Management and assign it a drive letter?

Yeah I can, problem solved. Can't help but feel a little ashamed tho I've never encountered this problem before when installing Windows. Thanks a lot for the help mate.

[Triple6]

No problem