XP Pro and Help don't match up in Disk Manager

[Richard]

I'm trying to install a new (2nd) disk into my XP
system. This disk has all my old files, etc. from my old
computer, which is no longer functioning. The disk was
setup as a FAT32 disk under Windows 98 v1. The XP system
recognizes the drive in Device Manager and Disk
Management, but it does not have a drive letter and won't
recognize the file structure.

Help says:
To initialize new disks
Open Computer Management (Local).
In the console tree, click Disk Management.
Where?

Computer Management (Local)
Storage
Disk Management

Right-click the disk you want to initialize, and then
click Initialize Disk.
In the Initialize Disk dialog box, select the disk(s) to
initialize.
If you are running Windows XP 64-Bit Edition, you can
select whether to use the master boot record (MBR) or
GUID partition table (GPT) partition style.

The disk is initialized as a basic disk.

When I right click the disk the only highlighted option
is to "Delete Partition." "Initialize Disk" is not even
an option on the menu. I certainly don't want to delete
my partition and lose all my data. What can I do? And
why doesn't the Help agree with the program?

Thanks!

 

[Richard]

I posted the above request. I certainly would not mind a
direct response at (e-mail address removed).

Thank,

Richard