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Name: shahbdr
Date: April 28, 2009 at 21:26:19 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
Product: Seagate / Ext hdd
Subcategory: Hard Drives
Comment:

ext hdd not in windows but detect in bios only



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Response Number 1
Name: johnr
Date: April 29, 2009 at 01:26:52 Pacific
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Go to Control Panel/Administrative tools/Computer management/storage/disk management. The drive should be listed there but if it's not described as 'healthy' then it needs formatting first - right-click the drive & follow the prompts then it will appear in 'My Computer'

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Name: OtheHill
Date: April 29, 2009 at 06:00:37 Pacific
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What type of external hard drive is this? eSATA?


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