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:"? The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering Mandrake Linux or Red Hat Linux CD sets along with the OpenOffice CD... at a great price!!! http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml