Vista won't recognize 1TB hard drive

[Guest]

I installed a 1 TB hard drive (sata) the bios recognizes it but windows vista does not. I need to format and partition but cant find itin explorer or anywhere in windows.thanks

 

[haln3000]

I think the easiest way imo is to use a software such as partition magic and your drive will be up & running in no time

 

[jsc]

Go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Storage -> Disk Management. That will show you all the drives, formatted and un-, that you have in your computer. You should be able to go from there.

Or go to Start -> Help & Support and type "format drive " into the box and follw the instructions.

 

[jsc]

Whoops. Those are XP instructions. Do the "Help" thing in Vista instead.

 

[megamanx00]

Check your drive manufacturers website. They should have some simple tools to allow you to format or partition it. You may have to load them on a bootable USB stick or floppy (but only if you have to).