- External USB HDD
- Posted by arborphile on December 3rd, 2005
Hi
I just installed a USB external hdd. The computer recognises it and
says it is operating but no icon is showing up in the "my computer"
window. How do I find it to drag stuff onto it?
Cheers
Arb
Motherboard: asus a7v133-vm
CPU: AMD
Speed: 1ghz
Memory: 256
Hard Disk 1: master
Manufacturer: seagate
IDE, SCSI or SATA: ide
Capacity: 40gb
Hard Disk 2: external usb
Manufacturer: Samsung
IDE, SCSI or SATA: ide
Capacity: 200gb
Operating System: XP pro
Networked: No
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arborphile
- Posted by RonK on December 3rd, 2005
Right click My Computer, Manage, Disk Management.
You can format the drive there.
"arborphile" <arborphile.1zg5lt@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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>
> Hi
> I just installed a USB external hdd. The computer recognises it and
> says it is operating but no icon is showing up in the "my computer"
> window. How do I find it to drag stuff onto it?
> Cheers
> Arb
>
> Motherboard: asus a7v133-vm
> CPU: AMD
> Speed: 1ghz
> Memory: 256
> Hard Disk 1: master
> Manufacturer: seagate
> IDE, SCSI or SATA: ide
> Capacity: 40gb
> Hard Disk 2: external usb
> Manufacturer: Samsung
> IDE, SCSI or SATA: ide
> Capacity: 200gb
> Operating System: XP pro
> Networked: No
>
>
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> arborphile
- Posted by Nepatsfan on December 3rd, 2005
arborphile wrote:
> Hi
> I just installed a USB external hdd. The computer recognises
> it and says it is operating but no icon is showing up in the
> "my computer" window. How do I find it to drag stuff onto it?
> Cheers
> Arb
>
> Motherboard: asus a7v133-vm
> CPU: AMD
> Speed: 1ghz
> Memory: 256
> Hard Disk 1: master
> Manufacturer: seagate
> IDE, SCSI or SATA: ide
> Capacity: 40gb
> Hard Disk 2: external usb
> Manufacturer: Samsung
> IDE, SCSI or SATA: ide
> Capacity: 200gb
> Operating System: XP pro
> Networked: No
>
>
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> arborphile
You might want to try the following:
Go to Start -> Run and enter diskmgmt.msc in the Open box.
Click OK.
Look in the lower pane of Disk Management.
Is your external hard drive displayed?
If it's there, right click on it and see if it's partitioned.
If a partition exists, format it NTFS.
If it doesn't show up in Disk Management, try connecting it to
another USB port.
Good luck
Nepatsfan
- Posted by arborphile on December 3rd, 2005
I did as recommended.
The disk manager says it is partitioned as Master Boot Record (MBR).
I suspect I need to alter the jumper pin. Should I change it to slave
or cable select?
Cheers
Arb
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arborphile
- Posted by arborphile on December 3rd, 2005
hmmm....just tried all three jumper settings. seemed to make no
difference.
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arborphile
- Posted by arborphile on December 3rd, 2005
Ah ha!!!! Thanks for your help guys, I managed to partition it as the G
drive. All systems go!!!!
Cheers
Arb
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arborphile
- Posted by RonK on December 3rd, 2005
Excellent Arb !
"arborphile" <arborphile.1zggpt@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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> Ah ha!!!! Thanks for your help guys, I managed to partition it as the G
> drive. All systems go!!!!
>
> Cheers
> Arb
>
>
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> arborphile
