Hi there!

I really hope someone can help me!

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!!!

I dont know what do to!! where can i find it? thank you to anyone who
replies!!


--
shutterbug1975

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 typeiskPart 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:

>
> Hi there!
>
> I really hope someone can help me!
>
> 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!!!
>
> I dont know what do to!! where can i find it? thank you to anyone who
> replies!!
>
>
> --
> shutterbug1975
>

"shutterbug1975" <shutterbug1975.1yqdvn@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
news:shutterbug1975.1yqdvn@pcbanter.net...
|
| Hi there!
|
| I really hope someone can help me!
|
| 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!!!
|
| I dont know what do to!! where can i find it? thank you to anyone who
| replies!!
|
|
| --
| shutterbug1975

Before the drive can be used it must be initialized, partitioned and
formatted. This can be done with Windows XP's disk management utility. There
is no need to use any other utility as another poster suggests.

Instructions can be found @
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/di...disk_mgmt.html

(note: while the instructions there refer to an internal drive the procedure
is exactly the same for a USB drive)

--
Doug

I'm not an MVP a VIP nor do I have ESP.
I was just trying to help.
Please use your own best judgment before implementing any suggestions or
advice herein.
No warranty is expressed or implied.
Your mileage may vary.
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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 typeiskPart 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:
>
>>
>> Hi there!
>>
>> I really hope someone can help me!
>>
>> 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!!!
>>
>> I dont know what do to!! where can i find it? thank you to anyone
>> who replies!!
>>
>>
>> --
>> shutterbug1975