How to best configure an external USB hard drive?

Question

I've removed the 300 GB drive that was previously used for my Windows 98SE system. It was partitioned for use under WIN98SE, which limited it to 123GB or so. I've plugged it into my laptop, through an external drive enclosure, and it is recognized by my Windows XP. However, the drive letter doesn't come up, so I can't access it. I believe that I will need to format and/or partition the drive/ How do I go about doing this in XP, alternately, is there a software program that will do this for me automatically ??? Thanks.

Answer 1

You can use the drive manager to control your drive. It is under administrative tools, compuer management, storage.

Here is a good resource for you.

http://www.theeldergeek.com/hard_drives.htm