xp cannot find it.......disk manager can.....do format and no drive letter help please.....thank you
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robtonet
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 1
OS: xp
help trying to initialize an external hard drive on xp home ed
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i may not know enough about the problem to completly describe it...but i will begin......an 80 gig external hard drive was given to me..it was rebuilt on a win 2000 system....my home edition of win xp--reconginzes it....as disk 1- in disk manager....however it is not formatted or able to be found, and does not have a drive letter assigend to it... i logged on as "administrator" ...in safe mode, to see if i could get the drive path settings option to come up in disk manager ...i could not-------does any of this make any sense to anyone?.......that option still does not come up..under user or administrator...in disk managment--so it is unformatted and has no drive letter......thus xp cannot find it......
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
System Model ME051
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 13 Stepping 8 GenuineIntel ~1396 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A04, 12/22/2005
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name
Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 96.26 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.20 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
and here it is.........the maxtor
HID-compliant mouse HID\VID_046D&PID_C03D\6&14CF6B80&0&0000
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 2658 PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2658&SUBSYS_01C91028&REV_03\3&61AAA01&0&E8
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 2659 PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2659&SUBSYS_01C91028&REV_03\3&61AAA01&0&E9
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 265A PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_265A&SUBSYS_01C91028&REV_03\3&61AAA01&0&EA
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 265B PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_265B&SUBSYS_01C91028&REV_03\3&61AAA01&0&EB
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 265C PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_265C&SUBSYS_01C91028&REV_03\3&61AAA01&0&EF
MAXTOR 6 L080J4 USB Device USBSTOR\DISK&VEN_MAXTOR_6&PROD_L080J4&REV_0000\200509111897&0
USB Human Interface Device USB\VID_046D&PID_C03D\5&30F4D41&0&1
USB Mass Storage Device USB\VID_0C0B&PID_2BCF\200509111897
USB Root Hub USB\ROOT_HUB\4&4805F35&0
USB Root Hub USB\ROOT_HUB\4&7A43B75&0
USB Root Hub USB\ROOT_HUB\4&160A87EC&0
USB Root Hub USB\ROOT_HUB\4&34013DBF&0
USB Root Hub USB\ROOT_HUB20\4&E2B20A0&0
it is on the system and the system reconginizes it......but i cant find it, click on it, and it is not in my list, when i open start and explore devices...........any help??-------it apparently needs to be formatted with nfts or fat..........i am lost......i am afraid this will be a sort of convuleted email tag deal........so thanks for you help-------robtonet@yahoo.com
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robtonet
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 1
OS: xp
help trying to initialize an external hard drive on xp home ed
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i may not know enough about the problem to completly describe it...but i will begin......an 80 gig external hard drive was given to me..it was rebuilt on a win 2000 system....my home edition of win xp--reconginzes it....as disk 1- in disk manager....however it is not formatted or able to be found, and does not have a drive letter assigend to it... i logged on as "administrator" ...in safe mode, to see if i could get the drive path settings option to come up in disk manager ...i could not-------does any of this make any sense to anyone?.......that option still does not come up..under user or administrator...in disk managment--so it is unformatted and has no drive letter......thus xp cannot find it......
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
System Model ME051
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 13 Stepping 8 GenuineIntel ~1396 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A04, 12/22/2005
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name
Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 96.26 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.20 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
and here it is.........the maxtor
HID-compliant mouse HID\VID_046D&PID_C03D\6&14CF6B80&0&0000
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 2658 PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2658&SUBSYS_01C91028&REV_03\3&61AAA01&0&E8
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 2659 PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2659&SUBSYS_01C91028&REV_03\3&61AAA01&0&E9
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 265A PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_265A&SUBSYS_01C91028&REV_03\3&61AAA01&0&EA
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 265B PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_265B&SUBSYS_01C91028&REV_03\3&61AAA01&0&EB
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 265C PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_265C&SUBSYS_01C91028&REV_03\3&61AAA01&0&EF
MAXTOR 6 L080J4 USB Device USBSTOR\DISK&VEN_MAXTOR_6&PROD_L080J4&REV_0000\200509111897&0
USB Human Interface Device USB\VID_046D&PID_C03D\5&30F4D41&0&1
USB Mass Storage Device USB\VID_0C0B&PID_2BCF\200509111897
USB Root Hub USB\ROOT_HUB\4&4805F35&0
USB Root Hub USB\ROOT_HUB\4&7A43B75&0
USB Root Hub USB\ROOT_HUB\4&160A87EC&0
USB Root Hub USB\ROOT_HUB\4&34013DBF&0
USB Root Hub USB\ROOT_HUB20\4&E2B20A0&0
it is on the system and the system reconginizes it......but i cant find it, click on it, and it is not in my list, when i open start and explore devices...........any help??-------it apparently needs to be formatted with nfts or fat..........i am lost......i am afraid this will be a sort of convuleted email tag deal........so thanks for you help-------robtonet@yahoo.com