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boxwrench
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_ 		6. January 2006 @ 20:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well I got my new western digital h/d today and went to install it. it is recognized by my bios and in device manager,dma-5 enabled and supposedly working properly But it is not showing up when I click my computer! any ideas? This is not my first h/d installation by any meanes but I usually use maxtors and this thing is driving me nuts!
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dMerc
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_ 		6. January 2006 @ 20:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What do you mean that it's not showing up when you "click" your computer. Do you mean when you turn it on?
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boxwrench
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_ 		6. January 2006 @ 20:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no,I mean when you check in my computer and it shows your disk drives,optical drives etc...
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ddp
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_ 		6. January 2006 @ 20:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
is it partitioned & formated??
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boxwrench
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_ 		6. January 2006 @ 21:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no,I have not been able to format yet and as far as partitioning goes I like to leave it at 320gb. this drive is to be used for movie back-up storage. right now I've got it in my other rig and I'm trying to format using my xp install disk.
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ddp
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_ 		6. January 2006 @ 21:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
read this link tho for seagate still the same for all makes of hd's.
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/howto/install_xp_disk_mgmt.html
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boxwrench
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_ 		6. January 2006 @ 21:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
thanks for the link I'll give it a shot though I've never had to do it like that before. Hmmm.
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boxwrench
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_ 		6. January 2006 @ 21:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ddp,thanks a million,it worked like a charm!
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ddp
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_ 		6. January 2006 @ 21:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no problem, teach & learn
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