xp recognizes external drive but no drive shows up in my c..

[gmo]

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I just picked up an external harddrive and my system feels it when I
plug it in-- the lovely "bong" sound tells me so.

I looked in the remove hardware menu and it's there:
oxford semiconductor ide device 1394

But no drive is added in my computer.

Any ideas out there?

thanks,
g

 

[bar]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

It needs to be initialised for Windows to use it.

Open Computer Management
Click START> RUN
Type in 'compmgmt.msc' and press enter

CLick on Disk Management and highlight the new drive
Right click and Partition / Format or whatever you need: partition first
before formatting.


"GMo" wrote:

> I just picked up an external harddrive and my system feels it when I
> plug it in-- the lovely "bong" sound tells me so.
>
> I looked in the remove hardware menu and it's there:
> oxford semiconductor ide device 1394
>
> But no drive is added in my computer.
>
> Any ideas out there?
>
> thanks,
> g
>