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Got my new HDD - Do I need to format it?

  • 09-09-2005 3:47pm
    #1
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Hey,

    I just got my new Samsung HDD and plugged it in but Windows (XP Home SP2) isnt recognising it. Do I need to format it for Windows to recognise the new HDD? Its an internal one.

    If I do, how do I go about formating (never done it before)!

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    sceptre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Assuming you've set the jumpers on the existing drive to master and the new one to slave (assuming that's what you want) it's just a matter of going into Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Disk Management. You'll see your disc listed there as unallocated space, right click to get the option to make partitions and format.


  • #3
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Ha sweet. Thanks :)


  • #4
    blorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,995 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    You might need to initialize the disk before partitioning and format, you do this by right clicking on the new disk in Disk Manager.


  • #5
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    sceptre wrote:
    Assuming you've set the jumpers on the existing drive to master and the new one to slave (assuming that's what you want) it's just a matter of going into Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Disk Management. You'll see your disc listed there as unallocated space, right click to get the option to make partitions and format.

    Worked perfect. Thanks!


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