Re: SEAGATE EXTERNAL HDD
- From: "Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 16:32:31 -0600
Yes, write signature, then partition and format your drive.
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<jonwongfanclub@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| Hi. I just bought an external HDD. It is a Seagate 300 GB external
| HDD with ULTRA enclosure. I am new to this and not sure what is going
| on. I plug it in, and my computer running Windows 2000 does see it. I
| think it sees it because it shows up in the "eject" icon when it comes
| to disconnecting it safely from my computer. I do not see it as a My
| Computer option though to transfer files to it. Do I need to
| partition/format the HDD before using it? The instructions say to go
| to Disk Management and "initialize" it. When I go to disk management,
| it shows my HDD with a red minus sign through it saying it is
| unallocated. But when I right click on the icon, it only lets me
| choose, "properties" or "write signature." I wanted to make sure I was
| doing everything correctly before proceeding. Thanks!
|
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