i have just bought a new hard drive, and was told to use admin tools to set it up as i don't have a floppy drive to use dos. so i did that and asked for it to be a "simple" disc. since formatting, xp see's the drive but will not show when i open "my computer". everything else is there, but not my new drive xp says its working properly, but it obviously isn't. I'm pc savvy, so i'm not shy about getting my hands dirty lol. any help is much appreciated.

Maybe some info in this- Hard Disk Does Not Appear in My Computer or in Windows Explorer http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330140

Thank you, I read the link, but it didn't apply to me. I have done a search here in C.net, but didn't find much. it's seen in bios, and device manager, when i use computer management it says the device is "unallocated". it showed as a dynamic drive at first, and xp said it was unreadable. so i changed it to the only other choice which was a "simple" drive. I can't find a way to format the drive, and i'm stuck how to make it useable. Many thanks

right click on the drive in my computer and select the format option it will ask if you want it in ntfs or fat 32 then youll be set xp pro 3.0gz pent 4 1gb ddr400ram 120GB Hard drive nvida 256 mbx8 video card asus ps4800 mainboard wireless networked dvd+/-rw NO PAGE FILE

I can't do that because the drive doesn't show up. i've only done what i explained in my previous posts, and searches are not coming up with much lol.

sorry i didnt read your post properly try to see you hard drive in disk managment in admin tools and re allocate it xp pro 3.0gz pent 4 1gb ddr400ram 120GB Hard drive nvida 256 mbx8 video card asus ps4800 mainboard wireless networked dvd+/-rw NO PAGE FILE

I managed to get it recognised, and it will not format even after 3 attempts, so i'll class it as faulty and return it for an exchange. Many thanks for your help people :o)