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Mon, 10 Jan 2005 08:57:59 -0800
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Re: [Fwd: USB HD]
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You did not say what OS you are running. In XP, you would use disk manager
to partition and format the drive as you would any hard drive in the system.
With other OS, I suspect you would need to use FDISK, but I have not done
this with any OS but XP.

Peter
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The NoSpin Group
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> -----Original Message-----
> Hope I am in the right place. Have just installed a WD 200GB
> hard drive
> in a USB box. Both new.
> Computer recognizes it as "USB mass storage" How do I format the drive
> for use. It now shows up in
> the device manager with a yellow !. I have tried removing from device
> manager, unplugging to reset and
>  reconnecting. Any help will be appreciated.  TIA,   Charles E. Avilla

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