I just reinstalled windows to get a fresh start because i was running slow. After installing my F drive witch is my second hard drive will not show up. If i go to device manager it show that it is there but still can't see it in my computer. I uninstalled the drive and reinstalled and still the same problem. Can anyone help?

Is there any data on it?

In general the behavior you describe is the result of the drive not being formatted.

Format it thru Disk Management and then it should show under My Computer.

Originally Posted by jephree

Is there any data on it?

In general the behavior you describe is the result of the drive not being formatted.

Format it thru Disk Management and then it should show under My Computer.

there is data on it i put all songs and other programs on the before reinstall of windows. I'm trying not to reformat the drive. In disk managment it show everything about the drive but there is no volume letter and i do not have the option to put one on it.

Has the drive been initialized? Does Disk Management see it as HEALTHY.

To detect new disks
Using the Windows interface

Open Computer Management (Local).
In the console tree, click Device Manager.
Where?

Computer Management
System Tools
Device Manager

On the Action menu, click Scan for hardware changes.
In the console tree, click Disk Management.
Where?

Computer Management (Local)
Storage
Disk Management

On the Action menu, click Rescan Disks.
Notes

To open Computer Management, click Start, and then click Control Panel. Click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.
You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings might also prevent you from completing this procedure.
If Disk Management does not detect the new disk after you click Rescan Disks, you might need to restart your computer. New disks appear as Not Initialized. Before you can use a disk, you must first initialize it. For instructions describing how to initialize a disk, click Related Topics. If you start Disk Management after adding a disk, the Initialize Disk Wizard appears so you can initialize the disk.
You can convert new disks to dynamic disks.

To initialize new disks
Open Computer Management (Local).
In the console tree, click Disk Management.
Where?

Computer Management (Local)
Storage
Disk Management

Right-click the disk you want to initialize, and then click Initialize Disk.
In the Initialize Disk dialog box, select the disk(s) to initialize.
If you are running Windows XP 64-Bit Edition, you can select whether to use the master boot record (MBR) or GUID partition table (GPT) partition style.

The disk is initialized as a basic disk.

Notes

To open Computer Management, click Start, and then click Control Panel. Click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.
You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings might also prevent you from completing this procedure.
New disks appear as Not Initialized. Before you can use a disk, you must first initialize it. If you start Disk Management after adding a disk, the Initialize Disk Wizard appears so you can initialize the disk.

it does show that it is healthy it even says it is active.

So you have powered off; removed the drive connection; powered back on; powered off again; replaced the drive connection: with no difference?

Was this drive working OK prior to the re-install?

Just as a test you might try jumpering it as Master and placing it on the Secondary Channel. (Temporarily using the DVD/CD connection).