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09-07-2005, 04:36 PM
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XP not detecting my seagate HD
I have a 200 gig maxtor as my main hard drive. I bought a used seagate for my sister's computer its an 8.4 gig. To test it I slaved it with my Maxtor. Bios is seeing the Seagate so is device manager yet when I go to windows explorer the seagate is not on there so I can't format it.
I don't want to put it in my sister's machine till I format it. Why isn't xp seeing it?  Any advice? thanks |
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09-07-2005, 04:39 PM
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You need to partition and format it in Disk Management first.
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09-07-2005, 04:45 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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Also, what operating system is your sister's computer using? If Win9x (Win95, Win98 or WinME) be sure you format the Seagate with FAT32 and not NTFS...Win9x can't see NTFS partitions.
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09-07-2005, 05:01 PM
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09-07-2005, 05:07 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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Start > Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > Administrative Tools. Double click Computer Management and then click Disk Management in the left hand column.
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09-07-2005, 05:15 PM
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Thanks very much.
I been there before but I forgot it. 
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