At 09:27 17/04/2007, you 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!)
You really can't blame MS or Uncle Bill if you
don't bother with what is on your PC (XP I presume).
Use the HELP provided - type Format into search box
then Format basic volume:-
this comes up :-
"
Notes
* To open Computer Management, click Start,
point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
Double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.
* In the console tree, click Disk Management.
*
<ms-its:C:\WINDOWS\Help\diskmgmt.chm::/ms-its:C:\WINDOWS\Help\diskmgmt.chm::/dm_format_partition.htm#>
[]
<ms-its:C:\WINDOWS\Help\diskmgmt.chm::/ms-its:C:\WINDOWS\Help\diskmgmt.chm::/dm_format_partition.htm#>Where?
* Computer Management (Local)
* Storage
* Disk Management"
This is OK first time, but if you ever want to
change or resize partitions Windows is
destructive of all data, much better is
PowerQuest's Magic, moves the data as it works.
While you are venting your spleen at Seattle,
think a little deeper, how could you afford to
buy such a large HDD ? How come I was offered
1Gig RAM for £50 yesterday - the half meg
Expanderram I got in 1980 cost £70 ! ! ! !
The reason is Gates ever larger operating systems
have created the market for hardware thet bulk
production has brought the price crashing down.
No I am not an out and out lover of MS, but
credit where it is due, and gratitude.
>(that way Windoze can do what it likes with the C:\ drive.)
Now there I think you are right, I look on it as
Bill's sandpit, let him play there and create and
create his defrag-needing mess in one place.
My first 'puter was a Grundy Newbrain, had two
cassette ports, then the QL with 2 Mdvs and the
convention of prog's on one and data the other. I
have carried that logic to the PC. Partitions for
each - Progs, Data, Install packages, Page/Swap
file - a major cause and obstruction of defregging.
Btw, if you dont wish ever to boot from the new
drive wrap all volumes in and extended partition.
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