>The drive does not show up in My Computer. So, following the instructions >in the leaflet that came with the case, I went to the Device Manager and >there it is -- the Western Digital drive (along with the internal drive >and a second external Maxtor drive). But it does not show up in My >Computer. Several other USB drives DO show up that are ports for data >storage cards (Secure Digital and a couple others) for use with >transferring pictures from cameras directly to the computer. Windows XP has a "New Partition Wizard" which should do the job.
To access the wizard go to Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management Click on the small section that says "Unknown" or "Not Initialized". Right click and select "Initialize Disk" then right click on the right portion of the next window and select "New Partition" to start the NewPartition Wizard. Select "Primary Partition" and continue with the wizard. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
