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by: AKA_Ben June 1, 2007 4:50 PM PDT

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MY external 2.5" drive won't show up in My Computer.

by AKA_Ben - 6/1/07 4:50 PM

My problem is that my external HDD shows up in the Safely Remove Hardware area as a Mass Storge device but it won't appear in the My Computer screen. It had previously [worked] but in an attempt to eliminate residual system files (it used to be a C:/ drive in my old laptop) I wrote zero's to the thing. I suppose that was a bad idea seeing as it basically disabled the drive but is there a way to get my machine to recognize it again? It spins up and everything it just won't show up as a letter drive.

System I'm running: Dell XPS M1710 w/Windows XP
HDD in question: 2.5" Toshiba drive inside an external USB enclosure.


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"wrote zero's to the thing."

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 6/1/07 5:00 PM

In Reply to: MY external 2.5" drive won't show up in My Computer. by AKA_Ben

In disk management, make a partition there, format it....


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More steps?

by AKA_Ben - 6/1/07 5:05 PM

In Reply to: "wrote zero's to the thing." by R. Proffitt Moderator

Could elaborate more on the steps I need to perform? Is this done inside Windows or before it boots up?


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(NT) Click, Start, Help...type in Disk Management...

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 6/1/07 5:35 PM

In Reply to: More steps? by AKA_Ben


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Thanks for your help

by AKA_Ben - 6/1/07 5:55 PM

In Reply to: (NT) Click, Start, Help...type in Disk Management... by R. Proffitt Moderator

Sorry for being such a dim wit'


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Not dim.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 6/2/07 5:03 AM

In Reply to: Thanks for your help by AKA_Ben

I pointed out where you could sort it out and you did.

Bob


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