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CharlesCollins
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February 4th, 2007 02:00
External hard drive in hiding
Hi
Just copied my HD onto external HD. Reformatted the HD and reloaded WinXP. Everything went well. I loaded it up ok but for some reason I cannot see my external hard drive icon in My Computer. Device Manager says it is there but I cannot open it up. If I go to Disk Management it appears at the bottom of the screen but says it is unallocated. Haven't a clue what that means? If I right click on it I have three options, New Partitions, Properties and Help. I have uninstalled it, restarted the PC but same problem
CharlesCollins
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Posted February 4th, 2007 11:00
Hi SteveThanks for your reply. I have a Dell Dimension 4100. I have a Seagate HD and used their software to reformat the HD. Then I loaded WinXp, SP2, Office 2003 and all the updates. I am not sure what are the drivers you mention or if I have loaded them. Where would they be, how do I install them?CharlesCharlesCollins
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Posted February 4th, 2007 16:00
The external connects via a usb cable. If I go into Device Manager, it shows the external hard drive and if I right click on it and click on the Volumes tab it saysDisk : Disk 1Type : BasicStatus : OnlinePartition Style : Master Boot Record [MBR]Capacity : 305243 MBUnallocated Space : 305243 MBReserved Space : 0 MBIt is a Maxtor 3200 and is 298.09GB in sizeDoes this help you. I wonder if I have paertitioned the PC wrongly when I reloaded Win XPCharles- Did you reinstall Windows while the drive was plugged into a USB port? Have you tried unplugging the drive and then replugging it? Since I have not experience with this type of drive, you might want to seek help in the Dimension - Hard Drive forum.Steve
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Posted February 4th, 2007 03:00