Thanks for the answer. I had done all that, i.e., set jumper at slave, etc.
The BIOS did not recognize the drive. I think it had something to do with
the way it is connected to my computer. (It is actually using a SCSI
program, I think).

I finally used the latest Norton/Symantec Ghost to clone my regular C: drive
(Ghost recognized that there was a second "regular" drive (I also have a 3rd
drive connected by USB cable) and, after the cloning, the computer
recognized the D: drive.

That is the only instance known by me of an instance where a Norton product
helped--usually I will not let anything named ""Norton" anywhere near my
computers.

Thanks.

Les Proctor
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-----Original Message-----
From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dean Kiley
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 8:17 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] adding/formatting removable hard drive


If you just added a hard drive, firstly, I assume you have set the jumper to
the slave position. Then once installed, your BIOS should recognize it. If
BIOS has properly recognized your D: drive, simply open your control panel,
right click on D: drive and select "format". It's that simple, and you
should have no problems.

Good luck

Dean Kiley

> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> Subject: [PCBUILD] adding/formatting removable hard drive
>
> I have added a larger hard drive in my removable hard drive case. I 
> need to format the HD so my computer will recognize it (it would be D: 
> drive). I know I need to download an boot disk, but how do I get it to 
> "format D:"?

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