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external hd detection issue

  • 28-04-2008 3:28pm
    #1
    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    right i had a few old ide drives floating about, they are slightly dodgey to say the least, had old xp installs on them. i stuck theminto a hd enclousure to maybe wipe em and use em as back updrives. the thing is they are detected in device manager,but not in my computer, i did a look inline for how to access them/format em, but its all for xp, not vista. any tips on how to get access to the drives/format them?


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  • #2
    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,392 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    partitionmagic perhaps?

    or some partitioning tool?


  • #3
    mathias
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭mathias


    Its the same procedure for XP as it is for vista , that hasnt changed ,

    go to ...

    Control panel , Administrative tools , computer management , disk management ,

    you will see the drive in there , probably unassigned , right click on it for a list of options , format should be one of them.


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