Not able to partition New 500GB external HDrive

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I've got a new 500gb seagate harddisk, contained in a casing, which is
connected to my laptop having XP Home edition OS. When i click on the
disk management, it shows the drive, but i am not able to partition
the disk nor format it. It shows as unallocated. I wonder why is it
so. Can any expert give a solution.
Thanks
 
I've got a new 500gb seagate harddisk, contained in a
casing, which is
connected to my laptop having XP Home edition OS.
When i click on the
disk management, it shows the drive, but i am not
able to partition
the disk nor format it. It shows as unallocated. I
wonder why is it
so. Can any expert give a solution.
Thanks
Click to expand...

Has it been partitioned first? Needs to be.
 
Has it been partitioned first? Needs to be.
Click to expand...

I cannot partition the disk, the option of "New Partition" is
disabled, i have the computer administrator rights though
 
The issue may be that the disk is not initialized, if you right click on the
disk, is there an initilaize option?

Hope this helps,
Kyle R. Hanrahan, MCSE,MCTS,A+
 
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