Hard drive

[JamieBecks23]

ive bought a new hard drive and it appears in the devices pages, but not in my computer, how do i get it to appear in there? thnx

[Faustus]

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313348

[JamieBecks23]

i dont understand it lol

plz can u tell me how to get it to appear, it appears in the bios and in the device list but no where else

[Faustus]

The long and the short is.

You have to partition and format the drive for it to appear. But I dont really have the exact steps or that specific OS in front of me right now.

[Garibaldi]

The long and the short is.

You have to partition and format the drive for it to appear. But I dont really have the exact steps or that specific OS in front of me right now.

I agree. Or if your using an older os like win 98 you might have to download some drivers from the company's site for it to be recongnized (just google the name of the company). As far as free partition managers here's a few:
www.knoppix.net/docs/
AAAHHH! I can't get the direct link to work, that part of the site must be down or something. Sorry I can't get you a direct link. Just to to the docs section, scroll down the the bottom, and there are a list of parition managers (Yes this is a linux site but the partition managers are for windows).

[Ripper2860]

Try this ...

START | CONTROL PANEL | ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS | COMPUTER MANAGEMENT | DISK MANAGMENT ...

Find the newly added disk in the bottom right-hand scroll box. Right-click on the disk and select PARTITION and then FORMAT.