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220-301 · Question #166

An IDE Slave hard drive is added to the Primary IDE controller on a Windows 2000 system. The new drive does appear in BIOS but does NOT appear in Windows Explorer. What is a possible cause of the…

The correct answer is B. The hard drive is not partitioned or formatted. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

An IDE Slave hard drive is added to the Primary IDE controller on a Windows 2000 system. The new drive does appear in BIOS but does NOT appear in Windows Explorer. What is a possible cause of the problem?

Options

  • AThe hard drive is formatted, but does not have a drive letter assigned to it.
  • BThe hard drive is not partitioned or formatted.
  • CThe proper drivers are not installed.
  • DThe two IDE hard drives do not run at the same speed.

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(38 responses)
  • A
    8% (3)
  • B
    79% (30)
  • C
    11% (4)
  • D
    3% (1)

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