installed a hard drive but I can't see it
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installed a hard drive but I can't see it
I've bought a 200gig maxtor 16mb cache ata/133 hdd (6L200R0) and windows sees it, I can see it in the device manager, but I can't see or use it in the "my computer" window. wtf?
Check in Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management.
Does the hard drive appear there? Does it report that it is working and formatted properly?
Personally though, I don't like Maxtor drives... just my opinion through people telling me horror stories about their failure rate. I have never owned one so don't take my word for it. I like Seagate drives.
Does the hard drive appear there? Does it report that it is working and formatted properly?
Personally though, I don't like Maxtor drives... just my opinion through people telling me horror stories about their failure rate. I have never owned one so don't take my word for it. I like Seagate drives.
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Well I've worked with a good number of Maxtors and they have not failed me. Read this. Read my post in that of all the HDDs I've worked with. Once you go into the Disk Management and format the drive it will appear in My Computer. You can also acess the Disk Management by right-clicking My Computer> Manage> Disk Management. You can use a program my Partition Magic if you want.
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Or just use FDisk.. damn noobs and there point and click solutions..
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It curdled, and then I couldn't drink it. So I mixed it with some water, and it was alright again.
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It curdled, and then I couldn't drink it. So I mixed it with some water, and it was alright again.
I am now sick.
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4g3nt_Smith
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^_^4g3nt_Smith wrote:Damn goths and making things much more difficult that required...SOAPboy wrote:Or just use FDisk.. damn noobs and there point and click solutions..
:P
Nah id use Partition magic too =P
just being an ass ^_^
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[size=75][i]I once had a glass of milk.
It curdled, and then I couldn't drink it. So I mixed it with some water, and it was alright again.
I am now sick.
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[img]http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/3631/171164665735hk8.png[/img]
It curdled, and then I couldn't drink it. So I mixed it with some water, and it was alright again.
I am now sick.
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[img]http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/3631/171164665735hk8.png[/img]
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4g3nt_Smith
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Damn you, now I have the urge to go find my Starcraft copy and play.SOAPboy wrote:^_^4g3nt_Smith wrote:Damn goths and making things much more difficult that required...SOAPboy wrote:Or just use FDisk.. damn noobs and there point and click solutions..
:P
Nah id use Partition magic too =P
just being an ass ^_^
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Thanks man, formatted it so it works now. w00tobsidian wrote:Check in Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management.
Does the hard drive appear there? Does it report that it is working and formatted properly?
Personally though, I don't like Maxtor drives... just my opinion through people telling me horror stories about their failure rate. I have never owned one so don't take my word for it. I like Seagate drives.