-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dilwyn Jones scripsit:: > 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.) > Used to be that you must call a utility called FDISK.EXE from a DOS session (not a DOS box!). I do not know if XP is still the same kind of MS...
The hard disk is present, but without partition, the OS cannot use it. So, make your partition (even a single big one), then format it/them. One step at a time. FDISK is not user-friendly, if you can use something else (like partition-magic), it can be easier. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGJIfaT1+Eqr5j9JcRArbFAKDAe2qzq/88jrWlbBA0xadn1H3PyQCeLYXz gFOPaKa5I0etxtWy1mjGk4M= =jhOx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
