Just right click the drive in HD manager and assign a driveletter and DON'T
let it format after a refresh it should be visible.
Could also be it is set "Offline" change that to online same console HD
management.
Ko.

"Albert Trudeau" <Albert [email]Trudeau@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> schreef in
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> Hi Cari.
>
> Your solution would work fine for a 'new' HDD, but what about an exisiting
> HDD that has gigabytes of archived data? I am in this position, but I am
> NOT
> going to delete the information just to get Vista to recognize this
> secondary
> SATA HDD. I am using removeable aluminum racks, and I have a full working
> OS
> in another rack (Windows XP Professional) and it recognizes this 200 Gig
> SATA
> drive perfectly. Any ideas?
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
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>> Partition and format the drive!
>>
>> Right click on My Computer, select Manage. On the following screen,
>> click
>> on Disk Management. It will show up on the right hand side of the screen
>> from where you can partition it, format it and assign it a drive letter.
>> Now it will show up in Windows Explorer. No version of Windows can 'see'
>> an
>> unformatted drive.
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP)
>> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
>> [url]http://www.coribright.com/windows[/url]
>>
>> "Lakesidezx" <lakesidezx@nowhere.net> wrote in message
>> news:A12D5C7E-59F4-4AD0-B747-B8C28D2C7AD0@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > Hello,
>> > I've added a new sata II hard drive to my windows vista home premium
>> > installation. When I started up vista, I got the little bubble in the
>> > lower right portion of the screen telling me that new hardware was
>> > detected and that drivers were beign installed.
>> >
>> > All went fine.
>> >
>> > When I go to device manager, the new hard drive shows up there, but in
>> > windows explorer it's nowhere to be found.
>> >
>> > What do I need to do to be able to see this drive and use it in windows
>> > vista.
>> >
>> > Thanks,[/color]
>>
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