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Old 01-14-09   #1 (permalink)
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Angry New HDD
hey guys i have just bought a 2nd HDD just for storage basically i have installed it and it shows up in the bios as 3rd sata connection which i assume is fine.

but when i get into windows and got to my computer its not there!

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Go to computer management and initialize it.

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how do i do that?

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Right click "My Computer" > Manage > Under Storage, click Disk Management > then select the HD and initialize it.
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You need to format it in computer management!

Vista search "Computer Management"

From there select the drive and format it l
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cool cheers for the help!! Rep for both of you!!

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am using xp

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you can format it first then do partition if the hdd is big like for music or movies , i mean i need a hdd to i bought ram , ram cooler and other >< good luck
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cheers dude!!

i got it for about 30 quid UK Monees! 250GB not to shabby.

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done that but still cant find it in my computer where do i go to format it on XP

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