Can't get XP Pro to see xternal sata

Just spent some time here going through the archives and I can't find
the answer .I just brought a 250gb western sata harddrive and an
external case for back/mirror puposes.My computer is a HP Pavillion
8000 Laptop, 2 months old.My machine will not see the external HD,it's
new and unformated,it sees a usb mass storage device,but no drive
letter so I can't format the drive.The same usb port will see a flash
drive so I know the port is working.I'm thinking of trying my work
machine, win 2000 and seeing if I can format there and then try the XP
again.any suggestions will be much appreciated
SteveC

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  • Re: Cant get XP Pro to see xternal sata
    ... "Those are my principles. ... new and unformated,it sees a usb mass storage device,but no drive ... letter so I can't format the drive.The same usb port will see a flash ... win 2000 and seeing if I can format there and then try the XP ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Cant get XP Pro to see xternal sata
    ... new and unformated,it sees a usb mass storage device,but no drive ... letter so I can't format the drive.The same usb port will see a flash ... win 2000 and seeing if I can format there and then try the XP ... try to set set the jumper of the external HD to "Master" ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Juggling a file system quandry
    ... > AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: ... >> Some commands in format should be avoided on USB mass storage ... or reformatting an USB mass storage device. ...
    (comp.unix.solaris)
  • HELP!!!Re: usb mass storage on a non-usb sparc system?
    ... I tried to format the 250GB western digital ... Then I think I'm going to hook it ... It recognized as usb mass storage. ...
    (comp.unix.solaris)
  • Re: USB Ext HDrive
    ... It attaches thru a USB port. ... If the hard drive was present in another PC, its partition created and formatted there, may be a problem. ... You may have to remove the partition with disk management, create another and format it. ... Thanks Jonny, you mita hit it on the nose, I'll give it try. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)
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