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New Drive
Name: Pyrence Date: November 2, 2007 at 12:12:22 Pacific OS: Vista Home Premium CPU/Ram: Intel Core 2 Duo / 3gigs Product: Self Made
Comment:
Ok, I got a new hard drive and plugged it in (SATA). When my comp boots it detects it and all but when I get into Vista it wont show anything for it... Am I doing something wrong or is the drive dead?
Name: anmor Date: November 2, 2007 at 14:11:17 Pacific
Reply:
You need to create a partition on your new drive then format it before you can use it. Go to control panel, Administrative Tools, select create and format disk partitions.
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Response Number 2
Name: kx5m2g Date: November 2, 2007 at 18:17:42 Pacific
Summary: Folks, I have a problem. I had XP and Vista dual booted on my desktop. XP was on my main HD and Vista was on the second HD. My main HD went out and is fried. I installed a new HD, but now the syst...
Summary: Dear Friends, I finally found the correct way of partitioning/formating the new drive. I was mislead by the words "small partition" which in the end did a complete formating and the drive is visible ...
Summary: When you fail to supply sufficient information as to what your problem is and what you are trying to do, you make it hard for people to respond. If you are trying to install XP on your new drive a SAT...
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problem with Media Center
