Storage Solutions new seagate 500gb harddrive...

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relaxedcrazyman

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i wasnt sure where this would go, but i just installed a new 500gb barracuda, but it doesnt show up in my computer, i found it in device manager and it is working, but still not showing up in my computer... Any ideas?
 
Ok. This is something which i done and it worked. I dont know but it did. Put your windows xp cd and boot from the cd. Click on fresh install but select the new hard drive. Partition the drive and let it format the the first partition on the new hd. After formating, exit the installation and boot to windows. Go windows explorer and format both the new drives.
 
relaxedcrazyman said:
but maybe i did it wrong? walkthrough please?
oh, and i am running vista...
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Control Panel>Adminstrative Tools>Computer Management > Storage>Disk Management

Here you can see your 500Gb drive (465.76GB Partioned space will be shown). Format this drive and create partition. It'll be shown in the My computer.
 
control panel --> administrative tools --> computer management --> disk management

here you should be able to see all the drives.

right click on the drives for more options.
 
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