Solved: hard drive help please

megagamr1 · 30-Jul-2009, 10:33 PM #1

hi there,
i just got a seagate 1tb hard drive and i am running xp. it is s-ata connection i think or esata. anyway. in my computer it does not show the drive. but if i open device manager it shows it as working properly. please help. it was a 90 dollar drive.

Alex Ethridge · 31-Jul-2009, 01:54 AM #2

Before the drive can be seen in Windows Explorer (My Computer), it has to be partitioned and formatted.

Start> Control Panel> Administrative Tools> Computer Management> Disk Management

If the drive shows there, it is probably as a disk that has not been partitioned. Right click its unpartitioned space and create a partition. Then format it.

Tip: Right click in the area where the drive letter is (or should be) and select "Convert to basic" before formatting or partitioning.

Hughv · 31-Jul-2009, 05:13 AM #3

Some of these drives need a firmware update.
Check the Seagate site to see if yours is one of them.

megagamr1 · 31-Jul-2009, 12:45 PM #4

Thank you so so so so much.
-chris

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