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saint_moi
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 Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:16 am Post subject: Formatting a fresh drive as a slave |
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have a HD with XP. got a new HD, wanna set it up as a slave. ive connected the IDE cable, set the jumpers, need to format it now.
How to, please.
please and thanks, just a fool with a HD. |
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hypnotist
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Eunoia
Joined: 06 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 1:38 am Post subject: |
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Go to the manufacturer's website and sniff around on it. I know that Maxtor had excellent customer service of theirs when I was trying to set up my Maxtor as a slave, including downloadable utilities, patches, and tips for the physical connecting of the drives (turns out that it DOES matter which connector - grey or black - goes to which hard drive...  )
Having said that, it really shouldn't be that hard. You can use the c prompt (start / all programs / accessories) and type the format command - just make sure you enter the right drive letter!
(Someone else was asking about on another thread and mentioned using the Windows CD on startup and formatting from that, but I don't knwo if you can format a slave from it...) |
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Draven
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 4:49 am Post subject: |
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| Is the new hard drive listed in your hard disk drives in "My Computer?" If so, can't you just right click and 'format?' |
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Demophobe
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| Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:08 am Post subject: |
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| RAW disks won't show up in Windows as it's not a file system. Through the system recovery console, you can do what you need. |
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