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Format new SATA hard drive
Name: ShagUSP Date: June 13, 2005 at 15:20:07 Pacific OS: Win XP pro CPU/Ram: P4 3.0/1GB
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I just finished building my first system and i'm having trouble formating my 2nd hdd. I currently have windows running on an 80GB hdd which i formated during instal. the problem is i can't get my second 160GB drive to format. I tried the device manager but when i right clicked the drive there was no option to format. the drive is recognized in BIOS and in the device manager it says that the drive is enabled. what am i missing here? thanks for any help you can give me. Shaggy
Name: shuck13000 Date: June 13, 2005 at 15:25:12 Pacific
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Does the drive show in My Computer? You can right-click and format from there.
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Response Number 2
Name: hiho Date: June 13, 2005 at 15:27:13 Pacific
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http://www.48bitlba.com/
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Response Number 3
Name: StuartS Date: June 13, 2005 at 15:59:32 Pacific
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You don't format drives from device manager and until it is formatted it won't show up in My Computer.
Go Admin Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management and format the drive from there.
Stuart
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Response Number 4
Name: ShagUSP Date: June 13, 2005 at 16:09:40 Pacific
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thanks for the fast replies, no, the drive does not show up in my computer, but is listed under device manager.
as far as 48-bit lba, the OS i am using is win XP pro w/ sp 2 so this should support the larger hdd, correct? the mb should also supports it as well (ASUS P5GD1).
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Response Number 5
Name: ShagUSP Date: June 13, 2005 at 16:12:14 Pacific
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did i say device manager in my original post? oops. i meant disk managment. the hdd shows up there as a basic unallocated drive. when i right click the drive there is no option to format.
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Response Number 6
Name: Bryco Date: June 13, 2005 at 16:17:03 Pacific
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Are you right clicking where it says Basic or where it shows the unallocated space. Right clcik on the later.
HTH Bryan
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Response Number 7
Name: Jimi_l Date: June 13, 2005 at 16:27:36 Pacific
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Try the CD that came with the drive. If it didn't then go get it for free from the manufacturer's Web site.
Jimi_l
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Response Number 8
Name: ShagUSP Date: June 13, 2005 at 16:29:24 Pacific
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so i clciked on the unallocated space and there is an option to partition. is this what i need to do in order to format?
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Response Number 9
Name: StuartS Date: June 13, 2005 at 16:51:31 Pacific
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Yes, you have to partion every drive before it can be formatted.
Stuart
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Response Number 10
Name: ShagUSP Date: June 13, 2005 at 17:16:26 Pacific
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so this drive is for basic overflow storage (mainly large DVD and other multimedia files). which option will be best for this, extended or primary? thanks for all the help guys!!
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Response Number 11
Name: ham30 Date: June 13, 2005 at 17:27:43 Pacific
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You can use either Primary or Extended, but normally disks that do not have an operating system on them are partitioned as extanded. That way you can split it up into multiple drives.
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Response Number 12
Name: ShagUSP Date: June 13, 2005 at 17:31:01 Pacific
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well, it's finally formatting, thanks for all the help guys
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