Re: Hard Drive Help

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I forgot to mention... I already have WinXP installed on the SATA. Can
I still segment it?


peterk wrote:
> control panel
> administrative tools
> computer management
> disk management
> connect and format the new drive
> you might also need to partition that 250 gb drive into smaller
> segments......100/100/50??
> peterk
>
>
>
> --
> It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about
> the problem
> <emilyb49@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1119729656.433980.92840@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I have 3 hard drives, a 250 GB SATA, a 40 GB IDE and a 200 GB IDE. I
> > went through alot to get the BIOS to see the 2 IDEs after installing
> > the SATA, I mean alot. Well, I finally get that, and then some trouble
> > logging onto WinXP, then finally, the desktop. Well, I go to transfer
> > my files from the 200GB to my SATA, and 'My Computer' doesn't recognize
> > them. So I go into the device manager and there they are! So, my
> > question is, if they show up in device manager, but not in 'My
> > Computer', how do I make them show up in 'My Computer' too?
> >

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