Re: portable hard drive can not show in "My Computer"

formatted and partitioned?

"Liu" <liushijing@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

I just got a SimpleTech (SimpleDrive) Portable hard drive (80G) and
tried to use it in my IBM ThinkPad T42 laptop. However, I can not find
it in "My Computer". I checked Device Manager. It showed that the
SimpleDrive work properly. In the Disk Management, I could find the
hard disk. After I gave it a drive letter, I can use "open" to open the
hard drive and write to or copy from the hard drive. If I use
"explore", it go to "My Computer", which showed drives C:, D:, E:, but
not the portable hard drive. When I tried to format the hard drive, the
computer said it is not complete because the partition or volume is not
enabled. Can any one help me?

Thank you!

Shijing



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