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by pawzisme on November 29th, 2009
it first has to be initialised. That is easy enough if it is a drive you have added, and you can access Windows Disk Management on the old drive, but if it is a replacement you need to do it a different way. The old way, and for FAT32 file systems, is to use a Win 98 boot floppy, type in FDISK at the A: cursor, and partition and then format the disk that way.You can always reformat it to NTFS when you put the OS disk in. Another way would be to slave the new disk to another working XP system using an external USB docking device. The USB will recognise there is a new device present even though it won't show a hard drive in My Computer, and you can then access Disk Manager and get the hard drive initialised,partitioned, formatted after which it should be seen in your own computer when it is replaced. Then you put the OS disk in and go from there.
by Anonymous on November 28th, 2009
Is it recognised in the bios screen? When you boot up hold down the delete key. Thia will get you into the bios. See if your hard drive is listed.
What would you do if your computer is broken?
by XT on December 9th, 2011
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im massivly confused why wont my pc run sniper ghost warrior
by robthatguyx on December 9th, 2011
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What would make 8 internet windows come up when I only wanted (and clicked) one?
by OhioWoman on December 2nd, 2011
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Why would a headphone set work when it is plugged into an ipad but will not work for a computer?
by matsuaki on December 4th, 2011
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lately i am gtting this error on my win 7 that my harddisk has found an error pls start the backup process..
by prometherion on November 23rd, 2011
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