<div class="IPBDescription">But Iv got a problem</div> Iv installed the new HD, the PC BIOS knows its there and its volume, windows xp knows its there and its volume, but how on earth do i enable it so that I can dump my files on it?
Right click on my computer and click 'manage'. From there, should be a menu option that gives you a look at your drives, and gives you the option to enable them, although I'm at work at the moment and can't recall the specifics, but this should definitely give you a start.
<!--QuoteBegin--OttoDestruct+Nov 2 2003, 05:52 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (OttoDestruct @ Nov 2 2003, 05:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Be sure to format it in NTFS format. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Thats all it will let me do, but my other HD is FAT32...
ntfs keeps other users out of your stuff, XP likes it that way, but if you ever have a crash it will be keeping you out of your stuff too. get another util to format it fat32 please!
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Start
Control Panel
Administrative Tools
Computer Management
Computer Management (Local) -> Storage -> Disk Management
You should be able to figure it out from there. Just look for the new drive and you can format it.
Thats all it will let me do, but my other HD is FAT32...