Can't get XP Pro to see xternal sata

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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
 
What does it show under Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer
Management????????????

peter
 
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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try to set set the jumper of the external HD to "Master"

good luck
HN
 
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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Steve:
The reason no drive letter has been assigned to your (presumably) USB
external HD (I'm assuming your external enclosure is a USB device) is
*because* it has not been partitioned/formatted. You must do this *before* a
drive letter will be assigned to the drive. You undertake the
partitioning/formatting process in XP's Disk Management utility. If you've
never used that utility before, access the Help and Support files for
information on using Disk Management.
Anna
 
Thanks Anna that was the info I needed
SteveC
Steve:
The reason no drive letter has been assigned to your (presumably) USB
external HD (I'm assuming your external enclosure is a USB device) is
*because* it has not been partitioned/formatted. You must do this *before* a
drive letter will be assigned to the drive. You undertake the
partitioning/formatting process in XP's Disk Management utility. If you've
never used that utility before, access the Help and Support files for
information on using Disk Management.
Anna
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