problem with my external harddrive

[johndope]

I just received my SATA external USB harddrive enclosure.
I hooked it up to the computer and it recognized and installed it(plug
and play) and has it listed as a mass storage device but i cannot
format the harddrive i have in there or find it in device manager and
format it. Im very confused as to why its not working.
Please help me, im using a 200 gig 3.5" SATA harddrive with an
enclosure that uses usb 2.0. If you need any other information in order
to help just ask
thankyou in advance

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Use Disk Management to format the USB drive to NTFS.

How to use Disk Management to configure basic disks in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000/en-us

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| I just received my SATA external USB harddrive enclosure.
| I hooked it up to the computer and it recognized and installed it(plug
| and play) and has it listed as a mass storage device but i cannot
| format the harddrive i have in there or find it in device manager and
| format it. Im very confused as to why its not working.
| Please help me, im using a 200 gig 3.5" SATA harddrive with an
| enclosure that uses usb 2.0. If you need any other information in order
| to help just ask
| thankyou in advance
|
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| johndope