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    Team,

    Just connected up my new 750GB WD RE2 SATA HDD.

    CMOS recognises it OK.

    However, when I click on 'MY Computer', I cannot see it anywhwere.

    How can I see this new HDD on 'MY Computer' and use it?

    Cameron



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    How to use Disk Management
    To start Disk Management: 1. Log on as administrator or as a member of the Administrators group.
    2. Click Start, click Run, type compmgmt.msc, and then click OK.
    3. In the console tree, click Disk Management. The Disk Management window appears. Your disks and volumes appear in a graphical view and list view. To customize how you view your disks and volumes in the upper and lower panes of the window, point to Top or Bottom on the View menu, and then click the view that you want to use


    How to create a new partition or a new logical drive
    To create a new partition or logical drive on a basic disk: 1. In the Disk Management window, complete one of the following procedures, and then continue to step 2:• To create a new partition, right-click unallocated space on the basic disk where you want to create the partition, and then click New Partition.
    • To create a new logical drive in an extended partition, right-click free space on an extended partition where you want to create the logical drive, and then click New Logical Drive.

    2. In the New Partition Wizard, click Next.
    3. Click the type of partition that you want to create (either Primary partition, Extended partition, or Logical drive), and then click Next.
    4. Specify the size of the partition in the Partition size in MB box, and then click Next.
    5. Decide whether to manually assign a drive letter, let the system automatically enumerate the drive, or do not assign a drive letter to the new partition or logical drive, and then click Next.
    6. Specify the formatting options you want to use by using one of the following procedures:• If you do not want to format the partition, click Do not format this partition, and then click Next.
    • If you want to format the partition, click Format this partition with the following settings, and then complete the following procedure in the Format dialog box:a. Type a name for the volume in the Volume label box. This is an optional step.
    b. Click the file system that you want to use in the File system box.

    You can change the disk allocation unit size, and then specify whether to perform a quick format, or enable file and folder compression on NTFS volumes.
    Click Next.


    7. Confirm that the options that selected are correct, and then click Finish.


    How to format a basic volume
    To format a partition, logical drive or basic volume: 1. In the Disk Management window, right-click the partition or logical drive that you want to format (or reformat), and then click Format.
    2. In the Format dialog box, type a name for the volume in the Volume label box. This is an optional step.
    3. Click the file system that you want to use in the File system box. If you want, you can also change the disk allocation unit size, specify whether you want to perform a quick format, or enable file and folder compression on NTFS volumes.
    4. Click OK.
    5. Click OK when you are prompted to format the volume. The format process starts.
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    dont forget to cut it up
    750gig as 1 drive, it fails,u loose all
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    Thanks boys.

    Now formatting as we speak...

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    Quote Originally Posted by PhillTheQuad View Post
    dont forget to cut it up
    750gig as 1 drive, it fails,u loose all

    How do you figure that ?

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