XP doesn't see new Hard Drive
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Finds it and logs it, however when I open 'my computer'
it is not there. Also how to assign drive 'letters' in
XP?
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Finds it and logs it, however when I open 'my computer'
it is not there. Also how to assign drive 'letters' in
XP?
Re: XP doesn't see new Hard Drive
"Bill K" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I added another Hard Drive to my XP-Pro System. The BIOSYou must create some partitions first. Click Run / Help /
> Finds it and logs it, however when I open 'my computer'
> it is not there. Also how to assign drive 'letters' in
> XP?
Search tab and type partition to read all about the
Disk Manager.
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Re: XP doesn't see new Hard Drive
Greetings --The hard drive cannot and will not appear in Windows Explorer or
My Computer until it has been partitioned and formatted. Right-click
My Computer > Manage > Disk Management. Create and format one or more
partitions on the second hard drive as desired.
Bruce Chambers
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"Bill K" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:18f5d01c41b9f$365a15c0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>I added another Hard Drive to my XP-Pro System. The BIOS
> Finds it and logs it, however when I open 'my computer'
> it is not there. Also how to assign drive 'letters' in
> XP?
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