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Hdd problem

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  • 19-05-2008 7:05pm
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    mcgrailg
    Registered Users Posts: 272 ✭✭


    Hi I have installed a new hard drive in my external drive/ media player, but when i hooked it up to the computer it picked it up straight away and installed it, but when i go to my computer its not there ! The pc says the drive is working fine but i cant see it on my computer,

    Also when i hook it up to the tv i am getting the error message "the partition of the hard drive is wrong,Please format the the first "primary" partition with NTFS or FAT32 file system"

    Anyone any ideas

    Thanks

    Gary.


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    ethernet
    Registered Users Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    You need to format it. Does the media player offer a function to format it? If not, connect the drive to a PC (in a drive bay in the case in connect it externally by putting it into a HDD caddy).

    I guess you're running Windows so open up Administrative Tools --> Computer Management --> Disk Management. The drive should be listed here. You can now right click on it and choose to format it. With a large drive, it might be best to go with NTFS as Windows doesn't like creating FAT32 partitions greater than ~30 GB.


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    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    Aye fat32 is old and outdated, go with ntfs.


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    mcgrailg
    Registered Users Posts: 272 ✭✭mcgrailg


    Cheers lads got it sorted in the end !


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