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I have a Win XP system with 1GB of Memory and an existing WD SATA 80 GB
HDD with a 40 GB ATA HDD. I recently purchased and installed a 300GB
Seagate SATA HDD which shows up in the BIOS and under XP System info as a
297 GB HDD but is not partitioned or formatted.
My Computer shows the existing SATA which is partitioned as C, D,and E,
the ATA HDD as H, and CD and DVD drives as F:, and G:.
Everything seems normal but I need a little advice about Partitioning and
formatting the new serial drive.
When I installed my first serial drive, I formatted the
drive using my OEM XP disk. I also added a serial driver supplied with
the drive. I didn't get a serial driver with the second drive but after
reading the info on the Seagate site it appears I don't need to add any
drivers in XP.
I think I can use the XP OEM to format, but I can't recall if I
partitioned the HDD with the XP disk.
How will it initially appear up as it is not partitioned or formatted and
can I use the XP disk to Partition it.
One more thing the other serial drive is formated as a NTFS and the ATA
is a FAT32.
TIA
HDD with a 40 GB ATA HDD. I recently purchased and installed a 300GB
Seagate SATA HDD which shows up in the BIOS and under XP System info as a
297 GB HDD but is not partitioned or formatted.
My Computer shows the existing SATA which is partitioned as C, D,and E,
the ATA HDD as H, and CD and DVD drives as F:, and G:.
Everything seems normal but I need a little advice about Partitioning and
formatting the new serial drive.
When I installed my first serial drive, I formatted the
drive using my OEM XP disk. I also added a serial driver supplied with
the drive. I didn't get a serial driver with the second drive but after
reading the info on the Seagate site it appears I don't need to add any
drivers in XP.
I think I can use the XP OEM to format, but I can't recall if I
partitioned the HDD with the XP disk.
How will it initially appear up as it is not partitioned or formatted and
can I use the XP disk to Partition it.
One more thing the other serial drive is formated as a NTFS and the ATA
is a FAT32.
TIA