Ok So I just installed a 2nd hard drive and turned the pc on. It identified the new hard drive and says its working . Under the device manager it says its there and working properly. However when I look under My Computer its not listed. Does anyone know if I forgot something ? They are both Maxtor. one is 60gb the new one is 300gb. Ed
I also ran the program Belarc Advisor and came back with : Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600) 61.49 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 56.97 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space Maxtor 6L300R0 [Hard drive] (300.09 GB) -- drive 1, s/n L611B9FH, rev BAH41G10, SMART Status: Healthy Maxtor 6Y060L0 [Hard drive] (61.49 GB) -- drive 0, s/n Y23MX8LE, rev YAR41BW0, SMART Status: Healthy 512 Megabytes Installed Memory 1.20 gigahertz Intel Celeron 32 kilobyte primary memory cache 256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Gateway E-1800 4000757 Any type of help would be great ! Ed
Under Administrators tools, choose Computer Management. On the left side of the mmc console, choose Disk Management. Disk0 is your primary drive (windows drive). There should now be a disk1 (maybe disk2, depending on how your cd drives are hooked up, etc). Look for the new drive, and you should be able to partition and format it here. Windows will not see the drive until it is partitioned and formatted. Hope this helps. ~Rich
Could you please tell me where to find "Administrators tools". I am not sure where to start to look for this? Ed
go to your my computer and right-click on it. select manage and in there you will see a disk management tool. In there you can partition and format your new hard drive.
I agree...using NTFS will allow more specifically applied security. You can assign rights at the file level, as opposed to fat which only allows rights assignments by folders. And yes, NTFS has less 'slack' when it comes to file storage. ie. more efficient. ~Rich
