dejv Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 hi, i just bought a wd 320gigs (sata2), connected it and everything... ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822136003 ) when i switched on my pc and went to my computer the new hard disk is not showing up i went to the device manager and it is showing there: :s any suggestions ? tnx in adv Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coors Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 what does it show in disk management? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dejv Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 whats the disk managment ? :S Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prosser13 Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 Its probably not been formatted. Put it the Windows XP Setup disc, let it boot off that. Then go into recovery console and I believe you can format it through there Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coors Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 Right click "my computer" and then click "manage". From there you can click on "disc management." I'm guessing you need to format the drive? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dejv Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 but as far as i know ... normally it shows there .. and when you open it , it tells you to format it :s Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coors Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 Its probably not been formatted. Put it the Windows XP Setup disc, let it boot off that. Then go into recovery console and I believe you can format it through there No Windows setup disc needed to format. It can be done through disc management. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prosser13 Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 Ah OK dejv - it doesn't show up til its formatted I find Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Coors Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 ok so you need to right click and format. And if you want any partitions you can do that here too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dejv Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/6473/untitled2kn2.jpg where rightclick ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coors Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 On the white area that says "unallocated" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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