Drive Problem

[JAG CHAN]

Friends,

I am using Windows XP with SP2.

As I found 40GB HDD insufficient I bought one 80GB HDD to use it as an
external drive with the help of USB External Casing.

I have installed the whole thing, but in My Computer I cannot see the
drive.

When I go to Device Manager, it shows it as disc drive and working
properly, but I cannot see it in My Computer and hence cannot use it.

I am not a computer savy person and hance I am finding it difficult to
find the problem.

Your help in this regard will be of great help to me.

Thanks.

 

[Kenny]

Windows won't see it until it's formatted..
Go into Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management/Disk
Management and format it from there.

 

[JAG CHAN]

Windows won't see it until it's formatted..
Go into Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management/Disk
Management and format it from there.

Hi Kenny,

Thanks for your suggestions.

As suggested by you I went to Disk Management.

There I was told to initialise the new disk and I did that.

But how do I format the disc.

Because when I right click I am getting following commands:

New Partition
Properties
Help

for other discs the format command is there but for this new disc format
command is absent.

What should I do now?

Regards.

 

[Kenny]

Set up a new partition from there, it will be allocated a drive letter or
you can choose one yourself then format it.
If you want to divide it into 2 or more partitions this is also the place to
do it.

 

[JAG CHAN]

Set up a new partition from there, it will be allocated a drive letter
or you can choose one yourself then format it.
If you want to divide it into 2 or more partitions this is also the
place to do it.

Thanks Kenny,
I will try and let you know the result.
Regards.

 

[Kenny]

Here's a guide to setting up a new drive.
http://tech.yahoo.com/gd/upgrading-your-pc-partition-and-format-your-new-hard-drive/166357
I'm assuming you have the jumpers set correctly?

 

[JAG CHAN]

Here's a guide to setting up a new drive.
http://tech.yahoo.com/gd/upgrading-your-pc-partition-and-format-your-ne
w-hard-drive/166357 I'm assuming you have the jumpers set correctly?

Thanks Kenny,

Followed your suggestions.

Succeded in formatting.

How do I set jumpers correctly?

Regards.