i bought 1 sata HDD and 1 hdd casing. i assembled it so i can use it as and external HDD. i insert the USB cable in the USB port in my Notebook PC and my PC installed the driver for the USB device. but the problem is the hardisk is not shown in windows explorer but it is detected in Device Manager. do i need to format the HDD first before i can use it as an external HDD? how can i format it? thanks!
2007-11-09 21:05:47 · 2 answers · asked by zalvaje_0922 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
thanks guys! actually i was thinking to do the answer no.1 but i am thinking of a faster and easier way (if we have) and i also tried answer no.2 but when i right click the storage device, no other option but "Help" no format, open, explore, etc option. i think no other solution but to do answer no. 1... thanks guys! ;)
2007-11-09 22:52:55 · update #1
Actually you might need to format and partition through windows setup. It's like when you first time setup windows XP. You ought to plug the HDD into a desktop pc and format it through that. If you don't have a desktop, you can borrow one from your trusted friend. No worry about spoiling your friend's harddrive. Just unplug your friend's harddrive and plug yours in. So this won't influence your friend's HDD. Then insert windows xp cd inside and goto setup screen. Format and partition as usual till when it start to copying files for windows stop there. Unplug and your notebook should able to detect it. Just make sure windows setup able detect your sata HDD.
2007-11-09 21:20:12 · answer #1 · answered by Rothulxel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to format it.
Attach your external HDD to the USB port of your laptop. Right click My Computer then select Manage. Click Disk Management. The external drive should appear on the right portion of the new window. Right click on it, select Format.
2007-11-09 21:54:08 · answer #2 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋