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mccarc6
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_ 		2. May 2008 @ 09:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi,

I have a quick question about my new SAMSUNG 750G external hard drive, when i plug it into my laptop through USB it installs fine and software recognises it but when i go into MY COMPUTER the drive fails to show up, the same happened on my DESKTOP, could anyone pls help me on a solution for this...

Thanks in advance,

Charlie
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sammorris
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_ 		2. May 2008 @ 10:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You need to format it before it will have a drive letter. Start-Run and type diskmgmt.msc
Then right click on the new drive, initialise it and then go new partition.
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mccarc6
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_ 		2. May 2008 @ 11:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi,

I tried that but the Disk never showed up in the disk management software, is there anything else i could try??
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ddp
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_ 		2. May 2008 @ 13:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
it has to be done the way sam says if using w2k & above. does the bios see the drive?
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mccarc6
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_ 		7. May 2008 @ 05:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi,

I Did as Sam says and tried to assign a drive letter but it said operation cannot be completed because drive is not initialised, could someone tell me what i'm doing wrong pls...

Thanks in advance,

Charlie
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sammorris
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_ 		7. May 2008 @ 06:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Initialising the disk should be one of your other options if you right click on the drive in disk management. Do that first, then format it.
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