Re: How to enable/show an accessible but not visible harddisk in WindowsExplorer?



Rightclick the drive icon in diskmgmt and choose the options you need to allocate and format the disk.

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Mark L. Ferguson
FAQ for Windows Antispy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
"Gunter Hansen" <GHansen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:430c8c6e$0$2105$9b4e6d93@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Starting point was a working 120GB harddisc as MAster jumpered with partition C: + D:.
> Then I connected another, new 120GB harddisc to the same IDE cable.
>
> This new harddisc (MAxtor) was jumpered in some times as Slave resp. as Cable Select.
>
> However this harddisc is not visible as a new drive letter in Windows Explorer.
>
> When I access it with harddisc diagnostic software it is visible. SMART monitor values show
> no errors. So what's wrong?
> How can I start to format this new drive when I cannot see it?
>
> Start->Programs->AdministrativeTools->ComputerManagement->Storage->DiskManagement
> show the drive as Disk1 and "unallacated".
>
> What does that mean?
>
> Gunter
>


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