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Yves:
thank you. it is already in an external box. when i plug it in via usb,
the OS says its ready to use but i cant find it in 'my computer'. so i'm
trying to get the os to recognize it as a writable disk. I DO NOT want to
corrupt the data under any cricumstance. OSX does this SO much easier...
tom
"Yves Leclerc" wrote:
> You can:
> 1) Look at the disk partition
> 2) Assign drive letter to the partition
> 3) Delete and create partitions.
>
> Not certain if you can directly connect a Mac disk to a Windows PC as an
> internal slave disk. You maight have better luck if you were to place it in
> an external drive box, which you would then connect to either USB or
> Firewire.
>
>
> "tom" <tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3FE7C00F-E085-4A82-8C29-A6337A7C9C47@microsoft.com...
> > Hi: if my disk is already formatted and full of data that i dont want
> > lost,
> > will an initialization process do the trick so i can use it on this
> > machine
> > (it has been formatted by a mac for use with both mac and windows)?
> > thanks
> >
> > "Anna" wrote:
> >
> >> > "Walter" <Walter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:87145E99-CE92-4D32-8F8E-A28141F3DBBB@microsoft.com...
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >> I have a pc which has Windows XP Home (OEM) which has been updated to
> >> >> SP2
> >> >> plus all the other updates.
> >> >>
> >> >> This has Windows setup plus the applications on drive C.
> >> >>
> >> >> I want to add a second hard disk as IDE drive D but I cannot see any
> >> >> were
> >> >> that will enable me to fdisk prior to formating the new drive.
> >> >>
> >> >> Can any one advise me where to find the commands to do this?
> >> >>
> >> >> Thank you,
> >> >>
> >> >> Walter
> >>
> >>
> >> "namniar" <this@that> wrote in message
> >> news:%23758C0HQFHA.1268@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> >> > Rt click My Computer, Manage then select Storage, Disk Management
> >> > branch.
> >> >
> >> > r.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Walter:
> >> You ordinarily do not use the DOS FDISK/FORMAT commands to partition &
> >> format a hard disk in the XP environment. Rather, as namniar has
> >> indicated,
> >> you use XP's Disk Management utility to do so.
> >>
> >> Here are the detailed steps...
> >> 1. You will partition & format your second HD using XP's Disk Management
> >> utility. Access it by right-clicking My Computer > Manage > Computer
> >> Management > Disk Management, or, Start > Run > enter diskmgmt.msc &
> >> click
> >> OK.
> >>
> >> 2. If the disk you're adding is a "virgin" drive, i.e.,
> >> unpartitioned/unformatted, XP will detect the new disk and automatically
> >> open the "Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard". Follow the prompts to
> >> initialize the disk. (Do *not* select the option to convert your hard
> >> drive
> >> to a "dynamic disk", nor the "convert" option).
> >>
> >> 3. If Disk Management does not detect the new disk, click "Rescan Disks".
> >> You might need to restart your computer although this is usually
> >> unnecessary.
> >>
> >> 4. Disk Management will show the capacity of the new drive as
> >> "Unallocated"
> >> space. So in order to use the new drive you will have to partition and
> >> format it.
> >>
> >> 5. Create a partition by right-clicking on the pane that displays the new
> >> drive (diagonal lines will appear in the pane), and select "New
> >> Partition".
> >> The "New Partition Wizard" dialog box will open. Click Next.
> >>
> >> 6. Select the option "Primary partition" (the default) as the "Partition
> >> Type". Click Next.
> >>
> >> 7. The "Specify Partition Size" dialog box will indicate the maximum disk
> >> capacity in MB. If you want to create multiple partitions, enter whatever
> >> partition size (in MB) that you want for the first partition and click
> >> Next.
> >>
> >> 8. In the next dialog box, assign a drive letter for this disk and click
> >> Next.
> >>
> >> 9. The "Format Partition" dialog box will open. Review it carefully and
> >> accept the defaults or make any changes. If you're reasonably certain
> >> your
> >> hard disk is sound, you can tick the "Perform a quick format" checkbox.
> >> Click Next
> >>
> >> 10. Confirm the settings in the "Completing the New Partition Wizard"
> >> dialog
> >> box and click Finish.
> >>
> >> 11. The "Computer Management" window will open indicating the disk is
> >> being
> >> formatted (progress shown as % formatted).
> >>
> >> 12. Your hard disk has been initialized, partitioned, and formatted. If
> >> you're creating multiple partitions on that disk, you'll have remaining
> >> "Unallocated" disk space that you can partition & format, so repeat the
> >> process starting from step 5. above.
> >>
> >> Anna
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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