Hi All,

My system is 7 months old and is running on WinXP-Pro(SP2). I presently
have a 40 GB HDD with partitions C, D & E. I have named my CD-RW drive as
'E' and DVD Player as 'F'.

I am planning to install an additional Hard Disk of 40 GB. I would like to
know whether I have to reformat my system and do the partitioning again. Or
is it possible to install the second HDD without disturbing the existing
setup.

Hope I would get an immediate reply.

Bi,

Adding a second hard disk does not require a reformat or repartitioning.

--
Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."

"Raj" <Raj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:56D0FEA1-E3F9-4047-B026-4C6976055BB4@microsoft.com...
> Hi All,
>
> My system is 7 months old and is running on WinXP-Pro(SP2). I presently
> have a 40 GB HDD with partitions C, D & E. I have named my CD-RW drive as
> 'E' and DVD Player as 'F'.
>
> I am planning to install an additional Hard Disk of 40 GB. I would like
to
> know whether I have to reformat my system and do the partitioning again.
Or
> is it possible to install the second HDD without disturbing the existing
> setup.
>
> Hope I would get an immediate reply.
>
> Bi,

But it will change your drive letters though. The drive letter D and E may
be "bumped" up. CD-RW and DVD will be assigned the next available letter.

BTW: You can not have two drive E:. Which one is correct ? The partition
or the CD-RW?


"Ted Zieglar" <teddyz@notmail.com> wrote in message
news:eQ24AO1yFHA.3812@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Adding a second hard disk does not require a reformat or repartitioning.
>
> --
> Ted Zieglar
> "You can do it if you try."
>
> "Raj" <Raj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:56D0FEA1-E3F9-4047-B026-4C6976055BB4@microsoft.com...
>> Hi All,
>>
>> My system is 7 months old and is running on WinXP-Pro(SP2). I presently
>> have a 40 GB HDD with partitions C, D & E. I have named my CD-RW drive
>> as
>> 'E' and DVD Player as 'F'.
>>
>> I am planning to install an additional Hard Disk of 40 GB. I would like
> to
>> know whether I have to reformat my system and do the partitioning again.
> Or
>> is it possible to install the second HDD without disturbing the existing
>> setup.
>>
>> Hope I would get an immediate reply.
>>
>> Bi,
>

Yves Leclerc wrote:
> But it will change your drive letters though. The drive letter D and E may
> be "bumped" up. CD-RW and DVD will be assigned the next available letter.
>
> BTW: You can not have two drive E:. Which one is correct ? The partition
> or the CD-RW?

<<snipped>>

If the second hard drive is configured as an extended partition
with logical drives, there should not be a change in the drive
letters for the CD-RW (F) or the DVD (G). When formatting the
logical partition(s), assign the drive letters at that time from
a drop-down list of unused drive letters.

Sorry, my partitions are like this: C, D and E for HDD, and F & G for CD-RW
and DVD.

"Yves Leclerc" wrote:

> But it will change your drive letters though. The drive letter D and E may
> be "bumped" up. CD-RW and DVD will be assigned the next available letter.
>
> BTW: You can not have two drive E:. Which one is correct ? The partition
> or the CD-RW?
>
>
> "Ted Zieglar" <teddyz@notmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eQ24AO1yFHA.3812@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Adding a second hard disk does not require a reformat or repartitioning.
> >
> > --
> > Ted Zieglar
> > "You can do it if you try."
> >
> > "Raj" <Raj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:56D0FEA1-E3F9-4047-B026-4C6976055BB4@microsoft.com...
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> My system is 7 months old and is running on WinXP-Pro(SP2). I presently
> >> have a 40 GB HDD with partitions C, D & E. I have named my CD-RW drive
> >> as
> >> 'E' and DVD Player as 'F'.
> >>
> >> I am planning to install an additional Hard Disk of 40 GB. I would like
> > to
> >> know whether I have to reformat my system and do the partitioning again.
> > Or
> >> is it possible to install the second HDD without disturbing the existing
> >> setup.
> >>
> >> Hope I would get an immediate reply.
> >>
> >> Bi,
> >
>
>
>

>> > "Raj" <Raj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:56D0FEA1-E3F9-4047-B026-4C6976055BB4@microsoft.com...
>> >> Hi All,
>> >>
>> >> My system is 7 months old and is running on WinXP-Pro(SP2). I
>> >> presently have a 40 GB HDD with partitions C, D & E. I have named my
>> >> CD-RW drive as 'E' and DVD Player as 'F'.
>> >>
>> >> I am planning to install an additional Hard Disk of 40 GB. I would
>> >> like to know whether I have to reformat my system and do the
>> >> partitioning again. Or is it possible to install the second HDD
>> >> without disturbing the existing setup.
>> >>
>> >> Hope I would get an immediate reply.


>> "Ted Zieglar" <teddyz@notmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:eQ24AO1yFHA.3812@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> > Adding a second hard disk does not require a reformat or
>> > repartitioning.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Ted Zieglar


> "Yves Leclerc" wrote:
>
>> But it will change your drive letters though. The drive letter D and E
>> may be "bumped" up. CD-RW and DVD will be assigned the next available
>> letter.
>>
>> BTW: You can not have two drive E:. Which one is correct ? The
>> partition or the CD-RW?


"Raj" <Raj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9345C0CE-DF0B-461B-B3EA-93DAEFE3ED07@microsoft.com...
> Sorry, my partitions are like this: C, D and E for HDD, and F & G for
> CD-RW and DVD.


Raj:
As Ted informed you, you can install your new HD without re:formatting your
PRESENT setup. Naturally your new HD will have to be partitioned/formatted
before it's usable. But I'm sure you know that, right?

After you install your new drive and you partition/format it, the operating
system will (normally) assign a drive letter (presumably H: in your case) to
that drive. If you don't like that drive letter for some reason, then you
can change it to any of the other letters of the alphabet excepting C: For
this you would use XP's Disk Management utility.
Anna

I have a problem thats similar. I have just installed a new hard drive into
my DELL, to use alongside my original HD, but i have no idea how to
initialise it. When i go into device manager, it says it is working properly,
but I have no letter for the drive, so I can't use it :-( Can anyone help me?
--
I''m not too bright when it comes to computers lol


"Raj" wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> My system is 7 months old and is running on WinXP-Pro(SP2). I presently
> have a 40 GB HDD with partitions C, D & E. I have named my CD-RW drive as
> 'E' and DVD Player as 'F'.
>
> I am planning to install an additional Hard Disk of 40 GB. I would like to
> know whether I have to reformat my system and do the partitioning again. Or
> is it possible to install the second HDD without disturbing the existing
> setup.
>
> Hope I would get an immediate reply.
>
> Bi,

In Control Panel, pick Administrative Tools, then Computer Management, which
will bring up a "Management Console". Look for "Disk Management" near the
bottom, and enter that.

Pick the disk concerned, right-click, and then choose Initialise. After
that you can pick the option to format.

Well-hidden, isn't it? We could do with a wizard here...

--
####################
## PH, London
####################
"charlie88" <charlie88@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F4E51B7E-C07B-4FEE-9458-154352CDFFD2@microsoft.com...
>I have a problem thats similar. I have just installed a new hard drive into
> my DELL, to use alongside my original HD, but i have no idea how to
> initialise it. When i go into device manager, it says it is working
> properly,
> but I have no letter for the drive, so I can't use it :-( Can anyone help
> me?
> --
> I''m not too bright when it comes to computers lol
>
>
> "Raj" wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> My system is 7 months old and is running on WinXP-Pro(SP2). I presently
>> have a 40 GB HDD with partitions C, D & E. I have named my CD-RW drive
>> as
>> 'E' and DVD Player as 'F'.
>>
>> I am planning to install an additional Hard Disk of 40 GB. I would like
>> to
>> know whether I have to reformat my system and do the partitioning again.
>> Or
>> is it possible to install the second HDD without disturbing the existing
>> setup.
>>
>> Hope I would get an immediate reply.
>>
>> Bi,

Start, Help and Support, Disk Management.

Philip Herlihy wrote:

> In Control Panel, pick Administrative Tools, then Computer Management, which
> will bring up a "Management Console". Look for "Disk Management" near the
> bottom, and enter that.
>
> Pick the disk concerned, right-click, and then choose Initialise. After
> that you can pick the option to format.
>
> Well-hidden, isn't it? We could do with a wizard here...
>