Hard drive help.

joeparaski
joeparaski Posts: 1,865
edited February 2008 in The Clubhouse
I bought a new WD hard drive at 500 gig capacity for my daughters' computer. I installed it and created a partition of 100 gig for C.

I'm not sure where I screwed up...but I hadn't noticed she had an external hard drive attached to her comp via the usb port.

Somehow, drive letter F is assigned to the new 500 gig HD and letter C is assigned to the external HD. Checking in "my computer" shows F with 100 gig but no designation for the remaining 400 gig.

I tried reassigning the drive letter to the new HD but it doesn't work. Not sure what to do next. I also bought a new legal copy of Windows XP.

Joe
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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited February 2008
    Unplug the external drive and start over, finish with the new drive (edit) when you start the win install, do your partitioning there and install the OS to the primary partition and then format the second partition after the OS is complete (/edit); then plug the external drive back in, that'll reassign the drive letters.
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  • joeparaski
    joeparaski Posts: 1,865
    edited February 2008
    Thanks, I'll try that.

    Joe
    Amplifiers: 1-SAE Mark IV, 4-SAE 2400, 1-SAE 2500, 2-SAE 2600, 1-Buttkicker BKA 1000N w/2-tactile transducers. Sources: Sony BDP CX7000es, Sony CX300/CX400/CX450/CX455, SAE 8000 tuner, Akai 4000D R2R, Technics 1100A TT, Epson 8500UB with Carada 100". Speakers:Polk SDA SRS, 3.1TL, FXi5, FXi3, 2-SVS 20-29, Yamaha, SVS center sub. Power:2-Monster HTS3500, Furman M-8D & RR16 Plus. 2-SAE 4000 X-overs, SAE 5000a noise reduction, MSB Link DAC III, MSB Powerbase, Behringer 2496, Monarchy DIP 24/96.
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  • joeparaski
    joeparaski Posts: 1,865
    edited February 2008
    Ok, so now I've got the 500G HD reading as letter C and showing 100Gig. How do I go and format the remaining 400 gig?

    Joe
    Amplifiers: 1-SAE Mark IV, 4-SAE 2400, 1-SAE 2500, 2-SAE 2600, 1-Buttkicker BKA 1000N w/2-tactile transducers. Sources: Sony BDP CX7000es, Sony CX300/CX400/CX450/CX455, SAE 8000 tuner, Akai 4000D R2R, Technics 1100A TT, Epson 8500UB with Carada 100". Speakers:Polk SDA SRS, 3.1TL, FXi5, FXi3, 2-SVS 20-29, Yamaha, SVS center sub. Power:2-Monster HTS3500, Furman M-8D & RR16 Plus. 2-SAE 4000 X-overs, SAE 5000a noise reduction, MSB Link DAC III, MSB Powerbase, Behringer 2496, Monarchy DIP 24/96.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2008
    Try reading here.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • SKsolutions
    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
    edited February 2008
    Try clicking the disk you want to format from MY COMPUTER. You may get the option to format to NTFS from there. If not >>>

    From start, click Run, then type: "compmgmt.msc"

    Or from drop menu, right click MY COMPUTER, and select MANAGE

    You can format from the console.
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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited February 2008
    Go Start, Accessories, Windows Explorer, My Computer (click "+" sign), {right click the 400 GB partition} Format
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  • joeparaski
    joeparaski Posts: 1,865
    edited February 2008
    Thanks for the suggestions guys, the format is underway.

    Joe
    Amplifiers: 1-SAE Mark IV, 4-SAE 2400, 1-SAE 2500, 2-SAE 2600, 1-Buttkicker BKA 1000N w/2-tactile transducers. Sources: Sony BDP CX7000es, Sony CX300/CX400/CX450/CX455, SAE 8000 tuner, Akai 4000D R2R, Technics 1100A TT, Epson 8500UB with Carada 100". Speakers:Polk SDA SRS, 3.1TL, FXi5, FXi3, 2-SVS 20-29, Yamaha, SVS center sub. Power:2-Monster HTS3500, Furman M-8D & RR16 Plus. 2-SAE 4000 X-overs, SAE 5000a noise reduction, MSB Link DAC III, MSB Powerbase, Behringer 2496, Monarchy DIP 24/96.
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  • bdaley6509
    bdaley6509 Posts: 1,167
    edited February 2008
    You may not even see that left over 400 gig partition in 'My Computer' to format it. If you don't, simply right click 'My computer'....'Manage'....and then 'Disk Management' (under the 'storage' section). Your partition will show up as unallocated, probably Disk 0. Right click the partition and there should be some options to allocate the space, create a drive letter, and then format it NTFS. Good luck.
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