
01-05-2006, 02:13 AM
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Re: Help! External Drive not found
Are you REALLY thick Andrew E. or are you pretending?
Andrew E. wrote:
> All mfgs have a DOS utility for thier hds,download it to a MS-DOS
> formatted floppy,set the floppy in BIOS as 1st boot device,in the
> utility,format the drive,
> this must be done before any transfer of files can take place.Once
> formatted, restart xp.If it doesnt show,or other problems exist,boot
> to xp cd,recovery, press enter key for password,select 1 for disk
> C:,then type iskPart In DiskPart
> youre external drive should show,delete partition,create one,then
> press ESC key,
> then type:FORMAT D: /FS:ntfs D: being external,when thru type:EXIT
>
> "shutterbug1975" wrote:
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>> Hi there!
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>> I really hope someone can help me!
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>> I just bought an external hard drive and enclosure and when I plug
>> the cable into my computer it recognizes that its attached - but
>> when I go into my Explore function so that I can drag my files onto
>> it - its no where to be found?!! I dont see it listed in any
>> 'DRIVE' or anything....all I can find is that its supposedly in
>> "Location 0" whatever that means!!!
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>> I dont know what do to!! where can i find it? thank you to anyone
>> who replies!! 
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>> shutterbug1975
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