Not able to partition New 500GB external HDrive

[gautamkumtakar]

I've got a new 500gb seagate harddisk, contained in a casing, which is
connected to my laptop having XP Home edition OS. When i click on the
disk management, it shows the drive, but i am not able to partition
the disk nor format it. It shows as unallocated. I wonder why is it
so. Can any expert give a solution.
Thanks

 

[Poprivet`]

I've got a new 500gb seagate harddisk, contained in a
casing, which is
connected to my laptop having XP Home edition OS.
When i click on the
disk management, it shows the drive, but i am not
able to partition
the disk nor format it. It shows as unallocated. I
wonder why is it
so. Can any expert give a solution.
Thanks

Has it been partitioned first? Needs to be.

 

[gautamkumtakar]

Has it been partitioned first? Needs to be.

I cannot partition the disk, the option of "New Partition" is
disabled, i have the computer administrator rights though

 

[Gerry]

http://www.datarecovery.com.sg/data_recovery/large_disk_size_120gb_barrier_for_windows.htm

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Kyle Hanrahan]

The issue may be that the disk is not initialized, if you right click on the
disk, is there an initilaize option?

Hope this helps,
Kyle R. Hanrahan, MCSE,MCTS,A+