hd in bios and device manager, not in explorer,help!!

[ssiperko]

I just got an SA6R 815e board from Abit.
No trouble withsetup exec. (excellant stability!) but when I get into win98se explorer I have no 2nd hard drive. The bios see's it, it shows up in the device manager but does not show up in explorer. I do not have it setup as a raid rig but am running both hd's on seperate channels as masters and the cd's are on 1 channel as a master/slave.
SA6R
Pent III 700e@145 fsb
256mb pc150 kingmax tiny bga (set 2-2-2)
maxtor 13.5 ata-66 7200rpm hd
western digital 13.6 ata-66 5400rpm hd
kenwood 40x true-x cd
plextor 8-4-32 cdrw
hercules geforce gts2 64mb 6.31 drivers
soundblaster liver gamer-x sound card
3-com pci gamer modem
d-link 10/100 lan card (dfe-530-tx+)
Help!!!!

[Mntsnow]

Is the other HD brand new? If so you need to Fdisk it and create partitions and then format it so Windows can see it http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[ssiperko]

no, the 2nd drive (wd) has been fdisk prev and used....it stores all my backup data.
it is not recognized in dos either. I am somewhat stumped here.

[BFlurie]

If it shows up in Device Manager, try clicking the "Removable" button on the Properties sheet & rebooting. If it works then, you have other, fixable issues. If it doesn't, go back & uncheck the "removable" button.

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Remember, WD drives have (at least had) different jumper settings for Master & single. You understand this?
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[This message has been edited by BFlurie (edited 11-09-2000).]

[Ygor]

There's something about WD drives not showing up. I had one that WD's own Data Lifeguard program couldn't find. Mine's being replaced with a later version so maybe the firmware had a glitch.
I've asked WD about this, will let you know if I get a response from them.

[ssiperko]

I tried to remove the drive and reboot prior to posting the original message, no good.
I also tried it as a slave (same setup as another motherboard) on the same channel and as a master on a seperate channel, no good.
I have also tried it all by itself and I get a primary disk failure error when booting. Maybe this thing just went bad when I switched boards? No, I did not drop it or place it next to my sub-woofer (did the sub-woofer thing 2 years ago and learned from it!) or "shock" it in any way.