problem with my external harddrive

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I just received my SATA external USB harddrive enclosure.
I hooked it up to the computer and it recognized and installed it(plug
and play) and has it listed as a mass storage device but i cannot
format the harddrive i have in there or find it in device manager and
format it. Im very confused as to why its not working.
Please help me, im using a 200 gig 3.5" SATA harddrive with an
enclosure that uses usb 2.0. If you need any other information in order
to help just ask
thankyou in advance
 
Use Disk Management to format the USB drive to NTFS.

How to use Disk Management to configure basic disks in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000/en-us

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| I just received my SATA external USB harddrive enclosure.
| I hooked it up to the computer and it recognized and installed it(plug
| and play) and has it listed as a mass storage device but i cannot
| format the harddrive i have in there or find it in device manager and
| format it. Im very confused as to why its not working.
| Please help me, im using a 200 gig 3.5" SATA harddrive with an
| enclosure that uses usb 2.0. If you need any other information in order
| to help just ask
| thankyou in advance
|
|
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| johndope
 
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