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XP doesn't recognize new Hitachi Hard Drive
tientao
post Aug 26 2005, 11:54 PM
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I just bought a new Hitachi Deskstar 250GB hard drive and set it up as a slave. I won't be installing an operating system on it, it is just for storage.

XP isn't recognizing it. BIOS seems to be recognizing it, and the device manager is telling me that the hard drive is functioning properly....

The problem is it isn't showing up under my computer.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!
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RockyIV
post Aug 27 2005, 12:26 AM
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Does it go in the USB port?
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Murray S.
post Aug 27 2005, 08:59 AM
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Howdy and welcome to G2G:

Have you partitioned and formatted it yet??

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tientao
post Aug 27 2005, 09:03 AM
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It is not a USB drive.

I have not formatted or partitioned it yets. I cannot get anything other than the device manager to recognize the drive.
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Murray S.
post Aug 27 2005, 09:06 AM
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Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Disk Management..

When the final window opens, you should see all IDE devices on the right side.. Right click on the unformatted hdd and select "Format"..

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tientao
post Aug 27 2005, 09:30 AM
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OK that appears to be working. It is now formatting the drive, and I now see it has a drive letter assigned. Thanks a lot! Yes, I am a big dummy.

Thanks for taking the time to help.
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post Aug 27 2005, 10:03 AM
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Hey, not a problem !! thumbsup.gif

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