If the hard drive is partitioned and formatted, it will show as another
drive when you open My Computer. If not, you need to partition and format.

"Miike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How and or where do I access my USB Mass Storage Device.
> When I plug it in, Windows acknowedges the fact that it
> is there and it shows up in my device manager, but I can
> not find any way to access it. Ideas?

>-----Original Message-----
>If the hard drive is partitioned and formatted, it will
show as another
>drive when you open My Computer. If not, you need to
partition and format.
>
The hard drive is partitioned and formated and loaded
with information. I have looked in explorer to find the
new drives, but they never show up.

Try this:

Right click on My Computer and choose "Manage".
In the left-hand frame choose "Disk Management".
In the right-hand frame you should see all the Volumes on top and the different
physical disks currently attached to your system below this list.
Find your new drive in the lower list and find out if it is reporting itself as
Healthy. If it isn't then you need to initialize/partition/format the drive.
If the drive is healthy, check to see if it is assigned a drive letter. XP can
attach a drive but not assign a letter to it and without a drive letter,
Explorer will not ever see the drive.

Paul

"Mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >If the hard drive is partitioned and formatted, it will
> show as another
> >drive when you open My Computer. If not, you need to
> partition and format.
> >
> The hard drive is partitioned and formated and loaded
> with information. I have looked in explorer to find the
> new drives, but they never show up.