External hard disk not connecting to Windows XP SP2 machine

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I have a Windows XP service pack 2 machine. I bought a seagate 1 TB ext. harddrive. It shows up under Device manager but not under My computer. It shows Driver not installed.
Please help me with the issue to resolve the same.
 
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In Disk Management, right click on it and it wll offer you the choose a drive letter and a name for the Volume. Once that's done, it will show in Windows Explorer.

I'm not sure a XP SP2 system can recognise such a large capacity disk. You may need to install SP3 thirteen years after I did. :D I don't think it will need a specific driver in any event.
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In Disk Management, right click on it and it wll offer you the choose a drive letter and a name for the Volume. Once that's done, it will show in Windows Explorer.

I'm not sure a XP SP2 system can recognise such a large capacity disk. You may need to install SP3 thirteen years after I did. :D I don't think it will need a specific driver in any event.
 
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