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DVL_IAC   Posted 16th Sep 2005 3:23am
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I just bought a new seagate 250GB HDD and put it in my comp and plugged in the power and SATA Cable but for some reason the new hard drives not showing up in "My Computer" yet is shows up in programs like "Everest" and in the the "Hardware device manager" in windows... anyone have any idea why it doesn't show up in "My Computer"?
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tagmaster   Posted 16th Sep 2005 6:07am
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Have u tried alredy Find new hardware?
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DVL_IAC   Posted 16th Sep 2005 3:51pm
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Yes. I ran the "Add New Hardware" wizard and clicked on my new HDD and it said "This device is working properly"...
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SkipRat    Posted 16th Sep 2005 4:17pm
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gutted.


sorry im gonna make fun of you because i know you have a alienware
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Garner    Posted 16th Sep 2005 5:57pm
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Simple. Its not formatted yet.

Start ->Control Panel ->Administrative Tools ->Computer Management

Choose the 'Storage' entry followed by 'Disk Management'

It will be listed here.

You'll have to format it after which you can use it.
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DVL_IAC   Posted 16th Sep 2005 9:40pm
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Thanks Garner! Hard Drive's working great now. I thought HDD's came already formated, but now that I think of it, I remember I had to that when I first got my external HDD for my LT a few years ago...
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renegademaster   Posted 16th Sep 2005 9:50pm
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Quoting DVL_IAC
Thanks Garner! Hard Drive's working great now. I thought HDD's came already formated, but now that I think of it, I remember I had to that when I first got my external HDD for my LT a few years ago...


just curious.. has your Hard drive letter changed... like say it used to be C drive is it now F drive or still the same letter.. ?
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Garner    Posted 16th Sep 2005 10:02pm
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Disk Management is also used to assign drive letters so you can change them if you wish. Note that you cant change all drives... I dont think you can reassign the one Windows is installed on for a start for obvious reasons.
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DVL_IAC   Posted 16th Sep 2005 10:09pm
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Quoting renegademaster
Quoting DVL_IAC
Thanks Garner! Hard Drive's working great now. I thought HDD's came already formated, but now that I think of it, I remember I had to that when I first got my external HDD for my LT a few years ago...


just curious.. has your Hard drive letter changed... like say it used to be C drive is it now F drive or still the same letter.. ?


My other hard drive letter hasn't changed... It's still C and my new one is G.
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