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Help needed with 2nd hard drive......

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by howlling, Oct 5, 2005.

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  1. tmaas77

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    there may still be encrypted/locked files in there. If it is an OEM OS partition, it's hidden. It is only accessible with the OEM disc.
     
    tmaas77, Oct 6, 2005
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  2. howlling

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    ok...then i won't touch it...its only showing 5.2 gb of open space on it so you maybe right.

    Good enough for me!! And one last THANKS to all of ya!! I knew if I posted this here someone would jump in and help. Afterdawn rocks!!
     
    howlling, Oct 6, 2005
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  3. GrandpaBW

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    You are welcome, Howlling. I am glad that you got it up and running.
     
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    Folks;

    I am new to this forum but was searching for help with a new second hard drive and found this thread. I am running XP and have exactly the same problem as described here, with my new 160 Gb drive showing up in Computer Management as Unallocated Space. But when I right-click on it I don't get the option to format it. Only options are New Partition, Properties, or Help. Selecting New Partition launches a Wizard--is that what I want to do to format it (doesn't look like it)? I just want to format not partition.

    Any help would be appreciated.

    Thanks,

    nextlife1
     
    nextlife1, Dec 20, 2005
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  5. ddp

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    have to do a partition 1st before you can format that drive. somewhat the same with dos & win9x that you had to fdisk the drive to make a partition or partitions than format it so dos or win9x sees the drive & save info on it. read this link tho for seagate still the same for all manufacturers. http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/howto/install_xp_disk_mgmt.html
     
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    ddp, Dec 21, 2005
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    Thank you--this worked! Extremely helpful and I appreciate the assistance!

    nextlife1
     
    nextlife1, Dec 21, 2005
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    no problem, teach & learn
     
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