Help! I Can't See The Drive In My Computer!

Okay boardies, I really need your help here.

I just attached another HDD, I can see it in device manager but I cannot see it in "my computer!"

Do I have to format it first?

Help!

Read the instructions that came with it. You do have to format it.

Thanks a lot, will do.

B)

You need to have a partition on the drive first. If you are in Windows XP click: Start>Control Panel>Swith to classic view>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Disk Management. You can partition your drive(s) there.

Once you have a partition, you can then see it in 'My Computer' and you can actually format it there. Right click the drive icon and select 'Format' on the menu.

Whoa! That took like one second to "format" the disk.

Smooth, I must say.

Thanks for your help. :D :D

edit, continued...

I used the floppy disk that came with the Western Diggie HDD and it literally took one second to format the disk, after I followed the instructions on the jumpers, etc.

I allocated a static 1500 MB (starting and ending) for the page file on the disk (that is all that is on it) and I am running better than when I had no page file at all---and I have enough RAM to pull that off, but personally, I think Windows runs best with a dedicated disk for a paging file. And this is only my experience from a few minutes of tinkering.

Maybe I will change my mind. Right now I am just spamming the board with my exitement. Thanks board members for you support and friendliness! :lol: :lol: :lol: :D :D :P ;)