Re: Can't get computer to recognize second hard drive

Right click on My Computer and select Manage. Then go to Disk Management
under the Storage heading on the left, selecting a disk will show you the
current partitions and right clicking will give you options to format and
assign drive letters.
HTH
Robert

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On May 4, 1:07 am, "Fergus" <9...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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I just added a a second hard drive and it wont show up in "my
computer". I can see it in device manager but it just doesn't show up
in "my computer"

The drive I'm trying to add is a maxtor 5T040H4.
I have a Demension 4550 running XP pro SP2.

Any help would be much great.

is it formatted
does it have a drive letter............give it one.


last time I used the drive it was ntsf formatted, however it might be
good to reformat it but I dont know how to format it if it doesn't
show up in my computer.
I also dont know how to assign a letter to it.



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