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Walter R.
Running win XP Pro 3.
I bought a new 500 GB SATA drive plus an external drive enclosure with a USB
connection. Power to the external drive is provided by a small power supply
that plugs into the wall socket. I intend to use this new external drive as
another backup drive for my computer.
I use a PCI converter that allows me to run 2 SATA hard drives in my old IDE
motherboard. I am using both connections for SATA drives.
How do I initiate, partition and format the new drive? Can this be done with
WinXp and the USB connection? If this works, I would not have to open my
computer and shuffle drives around.
Thanks
I bought a new 500 GB SATA drive plus an external drive enclosure with a USB
connection. Power to the external drive is provided by a small power supply
that plugs into the wall socket. I intend to use this new external drive as
another backup drive for my computer.
I use a PCI converter that allows me to run 2 SATA hard drives in my old IDE
motherboard. I am using both connections for SATA drives.
How do I initiate, partition and format the new drive? Can this be done with
WinXp and the USB connection? If this works, I would not have to open my
computer and shuffle drives around.
Thanks