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Thread ID: 80005 2007-06-08 08:16:00 External Hard drive problem arko (9074) Press F1
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557229 2007-06-08 09:20:00 The disk is "not initialized" according to the disk management arko (9074)
557230 2007-06-08 09:22:00 To be initialised, it has to be partitioned, then formatted. The formatting writes a file system to it, with an empty ("initialized") directory . Graham L (2)
557231 2007-06-08 09:23:00 Select New Partition / initalize then, if its gives u the option Speedy Gonzales (78)
557232 2007-06-08 09:23:00 Take it out of the USB case, put it into your PC, do the New Partition and Format thing, then put it back into the USB case. You shouldn't need to do this, but if it works no other way then...

What Jumper settings do you have the drive on, some USB caddies are fussy about this too.
trig42 (11325)
557233 2007-06-10 05:32:00 Hi team. Just to follow on - I managed to inialize the disk in the XP Disk Management utility and successfully partitioned, all working perfectly. Thanks for all the help -Arko arko (9074)
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