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| 780119 | 2009-06-06 09:52:00 | I have just connected a second HD. Bios picks it up but I can't see it in explorer. I seem to remember it has to be made active. Be great if someone could tell me how. Using Windows XT Thanks David | DavidW (532) | ||
| 780120 | 2009-06-06 09:56:00 | Control panel / admin tools / computer management / disk management. Right mouse on it / initialise / format | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 780121 | 2009-06-06 10:03:00 | Speedy - The HD does not show up in disk management. Just the C drive | DavidW (532) | ||
| 780122 | 2009-06-06 10:06:00 | Its probably called unallocated, and will show the size of it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 780123 | 2009-06-06 10:09:00 | Does it show in device manager? Boot from a live cd such as Gparted and format it from there sourceforge.net Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 780124 | 2009-06-06 10:13:00 | It is called unallocated. If I Rt click on it the options are - Convert to a dynamic disk, Properties, help | DavidW (532) | ||
| 780125 | 2009-06-06 10:27:00 | Seems to be working now. Using Norton Ghost to copy the c drive to the new HD. Thanks for your help. D | DavidW (532) | ||
| 780126 | 2009-06-07 05:00:00 | Got myself into a pickle now. Ghosted the 20G HD to the new 160G HD. Set it to the master. Booted up fine but now find the 160g HD is only 20G! Shows up in Control panel / admin tools / computer management / disk management. as 18.67 GB healthy Active / 130.38 GB unallocated - I can't Format it now to it's original 160GB Only to 20 GB Any ideas on how to proceed to reformat to 160GB then Ghost the 20 GB HD to the 160GB HD? |
DavidW (532) | ||
| 780127 | 2009-06-07 05:57:00 | Try altering the disk partition first - download Easeus Partition Manager (www.partition-tool.com) - install and make a bootable CD from it, boot from the CD, you should see the full 160GB drive, simply resize the partition to its Max - then after its done its thing, reboot and you should have the full amount available. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 780128 | 2009-06-07 06:22:00 | Or you can use Gparted....WT doesn't Easeus only do bootable CDs if you buy professional?... | Blam (54) | ||
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