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Off Topic => Engineering => Topic started by: Don Karnage on August 09, 2008, 02:23:14 pm
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i install a new hd on the computer but it will not show.
it is detected when i reboot but it will not show up, any idea on what to do?
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FIrst basic questions:
Did you partition and format it?
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no, that's what"s what i want to do, i need to format it but since it won't show i can't format.
i will try to reboot with the cd of windows and see if i can format it.
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Before it can be formated it must be partitioned using a program called FDisk that should come with your Windows.
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Go to your control panel: Administrative tools: Computer management
Click on the "disk management" icon on the right.
It should have your new disk drive listed as "Unalocated drive/space".
Right click on the NEW drive (Not your existing C:drive)
And then click on "initilize" or "format".
Select NTFS, full format.
Set the sector size to 512 bytes.
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Go to your control panel: Administrative tools: Computer management
Click on the "disk management" icon on the right.
It should have your new disk drive listed as "Unalocated drive/space".
Right click on the NEW drive (Not your existing C:drive)
And then click on "initilize" or "format".
Select NTFS, full format.
Set the sector size to 512 bytes.
i did that but format is not there, i remember that i only have partition
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Make sure the cables are secure.
EDIT: Also be sure the second drive is set to slave.
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Not relevent if he's using SATA, btw.
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problem fix, formatting the hd now.
thanks
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Not relevent if he's using SATA, btw.
I'm thinking he isn't. :)
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it is a sata hd :D
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:-[
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ahhh
don't feel bad for that ;D