Thanks for replying.
Yes, I did. In addition, I updated XP through Microsoft Update.
There was something else that I should have mentioned. I used Partition
Magic to delete what had been a single HTFS partition, intending to establish
a fresh FAT32 partition. This action may have gone astray, as I couldn't
complete the task.
"Rich Barry" wrote:
> Did you reinstall XP SP2?
> "Sleepless in New Jersey" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote in message news
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> > After a format and complete reinstall of XP, I plugged in my USB external
> > hard drive. The expected notifications appeared in the taskbar area
> > telling
> > me that new hardware had been found and that it had been installed and was
> > ready to use. However, neither My Computer nor Windows Explorer showed
> > the
> > drive. Thus, the drive is unusable.
> >
> > Is there anything I can do about this?
> >
> > BTW: the drive was accessible and working before the reinstall.
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