Installing a new internal HDD

[shadytree]

HELP please

Sata cable connected, power connected. Windows XP says device installed and I can see the drive in Device manager.

How do I set-up the drive in explorer etc ?? can't see it ?


cheers

Simple Shady

[roop]

Sounds to me like it just needs a drive letter mapping to it and then formatting. In XP :

Control Panel -> Admin Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management

Find the new disk, right click on it and set a drive letter to it (Change drive letter and path) and then right click on it and format it with NTFS. Job done hopefully.

PS : Make sure you format the right drive else you're buggered...!




>> Edited by roop on Monday 10th April 21:31

[shadytree]

cheers Roop

I've done that, but can't seem to allocate a letter. When I right click it gives me the options, New Partition, Properties and Help ?

or convert to Dynamic Disk ? when I click on DISK 1

Says it's Unallocated

>> Edited by shadytree on Monday 10th April 21:39

[roop]

Choose New Partition. If it asks a type, NTFS is best (assuming you aren't wanting to access it in DOS or pre Windows 2000). Once the partition's on you can format it and allocate letters.

shadytree said:

cheers Roop I've done that, but can't seem to allocate a letter. When I right click it gives me the options, New Partition, Properties and Help ? or convert to Dynamic Disk ? when I click on DISK 1 Says it's Unallocated >> Edited by shadytree on Monday 10th April 21:39

[shadytree]

sorted,

thanks Roop

[roop]

No worries fella. HTH.

Roop

shadytree said:

sorted, thanks Roop