Window 2000 & XP USB hard drive installation:
1.. Shutdown your PC.
2.. Connect your USB cable from your USB hard drive to your USB port on
your computer.
3.. Power up your computer when windows starts to load, it will prompt you
that a new device was found and it will search for drivers and install them
automatically.
4.. Once in windows right click on My Computer select manage then drive
manager.
5.. You will receive a prompt that will ask you if you want to write a
signature to the drive say yes.
6.. You will be at a new screen right click on the new drive choose
partition.
7.. Right click again on the drive choose to format the drive select from
FAT , FAT32 or NTFS.
8.. After finishing format right click one more time to assign a letter
for that drive.
9.. Now you are finished and ready to use that drive.
Good Luck,
-Lawrence in Seattle