Jay, I'm no expert so I don't feel competent in directing you into the bios.
You can screw up a lot of stuff there.



"jay lunis" <jay.lunis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> RBM wrote:
>> leave the drive attached, reboot the PC and immediately go into bios, and
>> see if the drive is recognized there
>>
>>
>>
>> "jay lunis" <jay.lunis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> RBM wrote:
>>>> Whenever I'm screwing around with accessory hard drives, I have to
>>>> reboot the PC for them to be recognized. When I do this, I have to go
>>>> into the bios and tell the machine not to boot from the accessory hard
>>>> drive though
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "jay lunis" <jay.lunis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>>> Calab wrote:
>>>>>> "jay lunis" <jay.lunis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>>>>> HP desktop PC with Vista Home Premium
>>>>>>> I do not know if my problem is with the PC, Vista, or my HD.
>>>>>>> Bought the HP a few weeks ago and, today, got around to moving my
>>>>>>> Western Digital USB HD to the new PC. Or, I tried to.
>>>>>>> It was working perfectly in the old PC. Disconnected it and moved it
>>>>>>> to the new PC. Nothing. Vista does not seem to detect I plugged a
>>>>>>> device in a USB port. It 'found' the wireless mouse adapter when it
>>>>>>> was plugged in and the bluetooth dongle when it was plugged in. But
>>>>>>> with the USB HD . . . nothing.
>>>>>>> Tried Control Panel|Add Hardware. No new Hardware Detected.
>>>>>>> How do I troubleshoot this?
>>>>>> Any encryption on this drive? It may not let you move it to a new PC
>>>>>> to protect the content.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's also possible that it found it without even showing any
>>>>>> notification. If you go into Drive Management do you see the drive
>>>>>> there?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unfortunately not sure of where to find this in Vista, but in XP you
>>>>>> do:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Right click "My computer" -> Manage -> Disk Managment
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Each drive will be shown on the right side, with drive letters and
>>>>>> status.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Encryption - none
>>>>>
>>>>> Does show up in Drive Management, I think. My USB is Western Digital.
>>>>> The unknown drive in Disk Management is Western Digital. Both show
>>>>> 120G HD. Sound like it to me. Here is the Disk Management data
>>>>> Volume - blank
>>>>> Type - Basic
>>>>> File system - RAW
>>>>> Status - Healthy (active, Primary partition)
>>>>> Online
>>>>> What have I learned?
>>>>
>>> OK, rebooted. Still not showing in Explorer. No change in Disk
>>> Management.
>>
>>
>
> >>go into bios, and see if the drive is recognized there
> How do I do that?