Hard drive issue need help asap

aziz7207 · 04-30-2008, 02:57 PM

Hey, i just built an external hard drive. My hard drive came today, its a " Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive"

so basically it is silent, and booted up with no problem. On the bottom i get "found new hardware....your hardware has been successfully installed" now, when i go to My Computer it doesnt show up. Any ideas? ..However its recognized in device manager. Please help!

HD_Monkey · 04-30-2008, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by aziz7207

Hey, i just built an external hard drive. My hard drive came today, its a " Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive"

so basically it is silent, and booted up with no problem. On the bottom i get "found new hardware....your hardware has been successfully installed" now, when i go to My Computer it doesnt show up. Any ideas? ..However its recognized in device manager. Please help!

Hey aziz7207, try downloading manufacturer software and partitioning/formatting your drive. It is available at seagate website.

aziz7207 · 05-01-2008, 03:37 PM

Yea thanks, i had to partionate it. So i installed windows lol, it works but any easier was to partion?

Illusionism · 05-01-2008, 04:03 PM

When he said partition it, I believe he meant goto Administrative tools > Computer Management > Disk Manager and then right click on the unpartitioned drive, then click create partition.

HD_Monkey · 05-01-2008, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Illusionism

When he said partition it, I believe he meant goto Administrative tools > Computer Management > Disk Manager and then right click on the unpartitioned drive, then click create partition.

That is a much better way. Us noobs are still learning so don't think too little of us when we take the long way around.

aziz7207 · 05-04-2008, 08:44 AM

ha thanks guys! yours truly noob.

TheShadowFl · 05-04-2008, 09:08 AM

Since having an external drive in FAT-32 mode, for the greatest flexibility with all other computers and OS's, I always set up my HD's connected directly to a motherboard with either the IDE or SATA cables.
Then I use my Windows ME boot Utilities disk to FDISK and format the new drive. This sets up any partitions I may want and the Format certifies the drive to be good, and ready to accept files.

Then I can put the drive in an enclosure and know that it will perform properly.
Yes, Windows running on an NTFS hard drive will copy/save files to a FAT-32 external drive with NO problem at all.

"Little Known Fact"......Windows XP will run quite nicely on a FAT-32 formatted drive. I keep all my XP drives in FAT-32 format, for the greatest access to all my files. Only my Vista drive is in NTFS format, because Vista refuses to install on a FAT-32 drive. But, the second partition (Storage) partition of that drive is still in FAT-32.

Cheers Mate!
The Shadow

04-30-2008, 02:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
aziz7207 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 45 OS: XP Home My System	Hard drive issue need help asap Hey, i just built an external hard drive. My hard drive came today, its a " Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive" so basically it is silent, and booted up with no problem. On the bottom i get "found new hardware....your hardware has been successfully installed" now, when i go to My Computer it doesnt show up. Any ideas? ..However its recognized in device manager. Please help! __________________ I'm like a newb in this stuff man.

05-01-2008, 03:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
aziz7207 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 45 OS: XP Home My System	Re: Hard drive issue need help asap Yea thanks, i had to partionate it. So i installed windows lol, it works but any easier was to partion? __________________ I'm like a newb in this stuff man.

05-01-2008, 04:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
Illusionism Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 7 OS: WinXP	Re: Hard drive issue need help asap When he said partition it, I believe he meant goto Administrative tools > Computer Management > Disk Manager and then right click on the unpartitioned drive, then click create partition.

05-04-2008, 08:44 AM	#6 (permalink)
aziz7207 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 45 OS: XP Home My System	Re: Hard drive issue need help asap ha thanks guys! yours truly noob. __________________ I'm like a newb in this stuff man.

05-04-2008, 09:08 AM	#7 (permalink)
TheShadowFl Retired PC Builder Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Central Florida Posts: 289 OS: XP-SP3, Vista Ult. 64, Win-7/64	Re: Hard drive issue need help asap Since having an external drive in FAT-32 mode, for the greatest flexibility with all other computers and OS's, I always set up my HD's connected directly to a motherboard with either the IDE or SATA cables. Then I use my Windows ME boot Utilities disk to FDISK and format the new drive. This sets up any partitions I may want and the Format certifies the drive to be good, and ready to accept files. Then I can put the drive in an enclosure and know that it will perform properly. Yes, Windows running on an NTFS hard drive will copy/save files to a FAT-32 external drive with NO problem at all. "Little Known Fact"......Windows XP will run quite nicely on a FAT-32 formatted drive. I keep all my XP drives in FAT-32 format, for the greatest access to all my files. Only my Vista drive is in NTFS format, because Vista refuses to install on a FAT-32 drive. But, the second partition (Storage) partition of that drive is still in FAT-32. Cheers Mate! The Shadow __________________ A person with experience is never at the mercy of a person with an argument.