Formatting/Partitioning external drive

[Guest]

GeoffW,

There is a Disk 0, which is the internal HDD. Then I see
Disk1, which I assume is the external HDD. Here's what it
says: Disk 1- Unknown (there's a red circle with a white
bar in the middle covering the drive icon). Next line,
'online - 189.92 Gb Unallocated.

If I have to partition and format the drive, can you please
give some advice? I checked the KB and it's Greek to me,
as is your comment about updating the LBA48.

 

[AJ]

Whoops--this was supposed to be a reply in another thread,
not a new thread. Sorry about that.

 

[Geoffw]

basically telling you that the OS can see the external drive
with unformatted space of the amount stated

select the external drive click properties select format and
follow the steps. If prompted that htere is no partition
follow the steps

 

[Colon Terminus]

Right-click that red circle and choose to write a signature to the disk.
Then you can partition it (I'd recommend an extended partition).
Then youi can create a logical drive(s) in the extended partition.
Then you can format the logical drive(s).