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Can't see HD
Name: Doug Linus Date: August 13, 2003 at 07:58:16 Pacific OS: Windows 2000 Professional CPU/Ram: 586-800MH/256MB
Comment:
I replaced my 2nd HD with a new one from Maxtor. I don't understand why I can't find itin "My Computer". Although this new HD was detected as a secondry master during the start up and it was shown in the BIOS page. I tried the search for the new hardware, updated the driver and checked the device/hardware setup wizard, all indicated that the HD was there and were functioning normally. I rebooted the machine many times and I simply can't find this HD in "my computer". Please advise, thanks.
Name: FishMonger Date: August 13, 2003 at 08:37:22 Pacific
Reply:
Have you created and formated the partition(s)?
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Response Number 2
Name: Doug Linus Date: August 13, 2003 at 09:38:45 Pacific
Reply:
Thank you. I've also done a lot of reading and it seems that is the step that I missed. Now how do I format the new HD (I'm very low tech and still learning. Should I:
Boot up the machine with the first of the four start-up disks and I should be able to format the new HD, am I correct? (I can only write but not able to physically doing it since this is my home machine that I'm having problems and I'm working right now).
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Response Number 3
Name: Vanessa Date: August 13, 2003 at 12:43:05 Pacific
Reply:
You should be able to format it through AdminTool's Computer Management. (Start, Settings, Control Panel, Administrative Tools. Expand Storage, then click on the Disk Managment folder.
Right click on the volume and choose format.
That should do it (make it NTFS if it asks).
Enjoy - Vanessa
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Response Number 4
Name: Doug Linus Date: August 14, 2003 at 08:08:51 Pacific
Reply:
Vanessa:
Thank you for the perfect advice, my HD is up and running smoothly.
FishMonger:
Thank you for the tip. You are the one who reminded me that the HD needs to be gormated/partitioned.
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