External USB HDD

[arborphile]

Hi
I just installed a USB external hdd. The computer recognises it and
says it is operating but no icon is showing up in the "my computer"
window. How do I find it to drag stuff onto it?
Cheers
Arb

Motherboard: asus a7v133-vm
CPU: AMD
Speed: 1ghz
Memory: 256
Hard Disk 1: master
Manufacturer: seagate
IDE, SCSI or SATA: ide
Capacity: 40gb
Hard Disk 2: external usb
Manufacturer: Samsung
IDE, SCSI or SATA: ide
Capacity: 200gb
Operating System: XP pro
Networked: No

 

[RonK]

Right click My Computer, Manage, Disk Management.
You can format the drive there.

 

[Nepatsfan]

Hi
I just installed a USB external hdd. The computer recognises
it and says it is operating but no icon is showing up in the
"my computer" window. How do I find it to drag stuff onto it?
Cheers
Arb

Motherboard: asus a7v133-vm
CPU: AMD
Speed: 1ghz
Memory: 256
Hard Disk 1: master
Manufacturer: seagate
IDE, SCSI or SATA: ide
Capacity: 40gb
Hard Disk 2: external usb
Manufacturer: Samsung
IDE, SCSI or SATA: ide
Capacity: 200gb
Operating System: XP pro
Networked: No

You might want to try the following:

Go to Start -> Run and enter diskmgmt.msc in the Open box.
Click OK.
Look in the lower pane of Disk Management.
Is your external hard drive displayed?
If it's there, right click on it and see if it's partitioned.
If a partition exists, format it NTFS.

If it doesn't show up in Disk Management, try connecting it to
another USB port.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[arborphile]

I did as recommended.

The disk manager says it is partitioned as Master Boot Record (MBR).

I suspect I need to alter the jumper pin. Should I change it to slave
or cable select?

Cheers
Arb

 

[arborphile]

hmmm....just tried all three jumper settings. seemed to make no
difference.

 

[arborphile]

Ah ha!!!! Thanks for your help guys, I managed to partition it as the G
drive. All systems go!!!!

Cheers
Arb

 

[RonK]

Excellent Arb !