Dilwyn Jones wrote: > OK, I give up. How do you get Windows XP to format a new second hard > disk? > > I uninstalled the old drive D:\, switched off, restarted, the New > Hardware Wizard found the new drive and it's now listed as drive D:\ > in > Device Manager. > > Now, how do I format it? It doesn't appear in My Computer etc. - > normally you can right click on a drive name and get the context menu > to offer a format command. > > It's almost as if it's not recognised because it's not formatted, but > of course that gives a catch 22 of not being able to format a new hard > disk because > it's not already formatted, so I guess I'm missing some simple course > of action here??? > > Also tried from DOS command line, FORMAT D: just gives "drive not > recognised" error > > F***ing Windoze! (That stood for Flaming, by the way, in case anyone > thought otherwise!) > > This new 250GB drive is to be the home for all my QL stuff, a full > backup of drive C:\ and my music (that way Windoze can do what it > likes with the C:\ drive.) > > In windows XP, right click on 'My Computer' (Either on the start menu or on the desktop if you have the icon there), from the menu click on manage. A new window will appear, on the left click on Disk Management, there you'll see your new drive (probably without a partition), right click on the drive 'bar' on the right and select 'Create new partition', then follow the prompts.
Your new drive will then be partitioned and formatted for you and should then be usable. Hope that helps! Phil _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
