Hard Drive Format

[Wayne Owens]

How do I format a new Hard drive. I have a third drive that is not recognizid in bios, but it is not formatted. How do I do this? I have it connected to the PCI IDE card and the last connector io the hard drive. I t still does not show in bios.

[mazdarx7-64]

If it does not show in the BIOS you can't format it. Try changing your jumpper settings on the drive to get it to show up.

[Tombo Jones]

When you go into my computer, does it show up in the Hard Drive Section? if it does, and it is not your main OS Hard drive you can right click it and go: Format......Full Format.

[Wayne Owens]

It does not show up in hard drive section. It does not show up anywhere.

[mazdarx7-64]

Did you try playing with the jumpper settings??

[duckhunter-deux]

Are you sure all the connections are secure? Double check to make sure

[Bill in SD, CA]

You need to tell us your exact setup so that we can help.

Bill

[Wayne Owens]

I have a Promise PCI IDE card with 2 connectors I use one for my DVD Rom and it works fine. I am using the secind connector for the third HD, I have swithed both around and same result. /DVD works fine. The problem by be in the jumper. The chart they show is not ver clear. I will play with that and see.

Thank you so much for your prompt help.

[sr71000]

i think if you have a pci ide card it does not show up in the bios...but i could be wrong...don't have any experience there. sorry i can't help...but see if windows can find the drive..if windows can find the drive then you should be all set

[Valtelino]

What brand & model is the hard drive?
Let us help clarify the jumper settings issue.