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Dell XPS 400, XP, 4g ram, two working auto retracting cup holders


My current system has a 160 G hard drive I purchased a new HD with the hope of auomatically backing up the first HD and giving me additional storage for video editing and photo editing projects.

I just physically added a new 1TB WD Emerald Green hard Drive. (power cable and SATAII cable mother board to hard drive) It's in there, it's running, the computer knows it's there however when I go to "My computer" I only see my old C drive. When I go to computer management I see my C drive as installed disc 0. My new drive as disc 1, has no drive letter and only reads as unallocated space.


Do I need to adjust the sata operation?

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I'm ready to tear out the rest of my hair, thank you for any help.

raptor_pa

Nope you need to partition and format In disk management, right click the are identifying it as disk1 and select initialize, if the wizard picks up and asks you to format, pick NTFS and the default partition size. It is not recognized because it is unallocated space. New drives ship with no file system in place so that you can format for whatever OS you are using.

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Far anyone with the same problem.. This may help following the previous directions.

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First you must delete any existing partitions on the drive you are going to format. Do this by right-clicking on the partition's box and selecting “Delete Partition...” Since you already know that you will be deleting everything on the drive, and have already backed everything up, you can safely say yes to any warning the computer presents you with.
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Step 5

If there are multiple partitions make sure you have saved everything off them since they might each have different drive letters (i.e. “D:” or “F:”). Then repeat the above step for each of them. If you only want to format one partition that is OK and you can continue to the next step without deleting the other partitions.
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Step 6

The box for the drive to be formatted should now have a black bar at the top of it and should say “Unallocated” under its size (see picture). Right click on it and select “New Partition...” The New Partition Wizard comes up.
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Step 7

In the New Partition Wizard click next. On the next page make sure “Primary Partition” is selected and click next. Now make the size equal to the maximum (it should already be set to it), and click next again. On the next page the computer will automatically choose the first available drive letter for the new drive. However, if you like you can choose another drive letter from the drop-down menu, and then click next.
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Step 8

Finally the New Partition Wizard asks if you would like to format the new partition and if so what format. Choose “NTFS” as it is faster and more secure. Leave the “Allocation unit size” as “Default.” In the “Volume label” field enter whatever name you want the drive to have. Simple is better. Avoid using spaces. Lastly, if the drive is brand new and has never been used before check the “Perform a quick format” box. If the drive has been used before leave this box unchecked. Leave the “Enable file and folder compression” box unchecked and click next. Then on the next page click finish.

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Thank you for giving me the courage to get into the system and resolve the issue.

Q. Do you know how long it takes to format a 1TB hard drive?
A. A long time.

raptor_pa

LOL... if you want to race the grass growing... try zerowiping a 1 TB !! Glad you got it sorted out!