PC hardware: HARD DRIVE HELP
HARD DRIVE HELP
by evarten - 9/5/06 4:33 PMI have been considering an external drive for all of my video and audio files so as to not overload my system and I want to know what all I would need to do or have to complete this? I have an external drive enclosure w/USB 2.0 connection and am considering an 80+G hard drive. Seeing as I have never done this and I cannot open the comp w/o breaking the "lock screw" installed to detect this, I am getting an external. I already have an external DVD burner.
I asked GATEWAY about this and all they replied with was a sales pitch for a 250G hard drive.
I have a GATEWAY e2300 w/ WINXP HOME w/SP2 and a 2.66GHz processor.
Can anyone enlighten me as to what I need to do?
Plug and Play for XP. . .
by Coryphaeus - 9/5/06 6:02 PM In reply to: HARD DRIVE HELP by evartenPlug the drive into the external case, two connections. Plug the case into the USB port on the PC. Let XP find it. Done.
In XP open Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, on the left click Disk Management, on the right, activate the drive if necessary, format the drive. Done.
It's really that simple.
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by evarten - 9/6/06 1:28 AM In reply to: Plug and Play for XP. . . by CoryphaeusMan do I feel kinda stupid about now. I guessed it would have been a little more complicated than that. I do appreciate the post though. Thanx. Maybe next time I will look into it a little more before I put my foot in my mouth.
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