fdisk in XP

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Bill

I have a new, unpartitioned 60 GB USB2 external hard
drive. The drive has not been partitioned or formated. How
do I find fdisk in XP?

Bill
 
Bill said:
I have a new, unpartitioned 60 GB USB2 external hard
drive. The drive has not been partitioned or formated. How
do I find fdisk in XP?

Bill
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You don't - it doesn't exist. Assuming the drive is visible in My Computer;
click start > All Programs > Accessories > Computer Management > Disk
Management and right click the drive.

The other instructions can be found in the console help.
 
I plug in a new external 60 GB USB2 Drive into my USB port
and thee OS recognizes the new drive and loads the driver.
I can see the drive in the control panet > system > System
devices and it correctly identifies the drive and says it
is working ok. It does not show up as a device in My
Computer. A thumb disk in the same port works fine so I
know the port is USB 2 and works.
Bill
 
The problem is that it shows up as a proper device
everywhere except in MY Computer.
Bill
 
You need to partition and format the drive, hard drives are not assigned drive letters, partitions are, new drives have no
partitions, thus no drive letter for the drive.
 
Greetings --

The hard drive cannot appear in Windows Explorer or My Computer
until it has been partitioned and formatted. Right-click My Computer
Manage > Disk Management. Create and format partition(s) on the
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second hard drive as desired.


Bruce Chambers

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Right. That is what I want to do but without fdisk, I
don't know how to partition the drive.
I really appreciate your help
Bill (e-mail address removed)
-----Original Message-----
You need to partition and format the drive, hard drives
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are not assigned drive letters, partitions are, new drives
have no
 
Greetings --

You're welcome.

Bruce Chambers

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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
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-----Original Message-----
I have a new, unpartitioned 60 GB USB2 external hard
drive. The drive has not been partitioned or formated. How
do I find fdisk in XP?

Bill
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you dont have ti fdisk,,just boot from cd and partition
Click to expand...
options will present themselves
 
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