Unable to access two new hard drives

> Did you go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management,
> highlight Disk Management and initialize, partition, format and assign drive
> letters?
>
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> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> GO BEARS!
>
>
> "Corey" <Corey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsF095C08-3C21-47F0-9F18-503E116AAB98@microsoft.com...

> >I have Windows Vista Ultimate 64 installed on a WD Raptor 150gb drive
> > currently and I just installed two new SATA 500GB Samsung HDs into my machine
> > and I am unable to even access them. They don't show up on my computer yet
> > they are both listed in device manager as working properly.
> >
> > Any idea on why I can't access the hard drives at all? They seem to be
> > installed and working. I've even disconnected them and reconnected after a
> > reboot and still the same symptoms occur.

>
>

> That was it. Thank you Cal Bear and David B.
>
> I was looking around for a way to format them etc. But just never knew the
> direct path to do it. Still getting used to Vista's interface so its harder
> to find things.
>
>
>
> "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
>

>> Did you go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management,
>> highlight Disk Management and initialize, partition, format and assign drive
>> letters?
>>
>> --
>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> GO BEARS!
>>
>>
>> "Corey" <Corey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> newsF095C08-3C21-47F0-9F18-503E116AAB98@microsoft.com...

>> >I have Windows Vista Ultimate 64 installed on a WD Raptor 150gb drive
>> > currently and I just installed two new SATA 500GB Samsung HDs into my
>> > machine
>> > and I am unable to even access them. They don't show up on my computer yet
>> > they are both listed in device manager as working properly.
>> >
>> > Any idea on why I can't access the hard drives at all? They seem to be
>> > installed and working. I've even disconnected them and reconnected after a
>> > reboot and still the same symptoms occur.

>>
>>

>I have Windows Vista Ultimate 64 installed on a WD Raptor 150gb drive
> currently and I just installed two new SATA 500GB Samsung HDs into my
> machine
> and I am unable to even access them. They don't show up on my computer
> yet
> they are both listed in device manager as working properly.
>
> Any idea on why I can't access the hard drives at all? They seem to be
> installed and working. I've even disconnected them and reconnected after
> a
> reboot and still the same symptoms occur.