Re: Added second HD - Win XP device mgr shows it working but no drive letter?

Peter wrote: 
Windows recognizes the new hardware (Maxtor 98196H8) and the Device
Manager reports that it is working properly. How do I get it assigned
to 
a drive letter so it will show up in the "My Computer" window? Or do I
have to format it some other way first? Thanks for advice.

Start | Run | diskmgmt.msc
Do you see "Disk 1" there? Right-click on "Unallocated" hatched area.
New Partition | Next | Primary Partition | Next | accept size | Next |
Assign the following drive letter: | chose letter - could be E | Next
Format this partition with the following settings | check Perform a
quick 
format
Next | Finish


Thanks, but HD was already formatted and used on a previous PC. In Disk
Management, the second drive shows up in the top pane of the Disk
Management screen, correct disk size, but with no drive letter assigned.
It says the drive is "healthy and "active" but the file system type is
blank. If I right click on the disk in the lower pane (Disk 2 Basic) all
the options are greyed out except "delete partition" and help.


So delete partition and recreate it.



Well, I can do that as a last resort, but my goal was to have access to all the files that were on that HD when it was in my son's old now-dead PC - including several thousand mp3s. Thanks for the tips, they really speeded up the process for me.
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