I have a Windows XP Pro system with 2 - 80 gig hard drives. There is an 80 gig internal drive, partitioned into drive “C” and “D”. “C” has the OS and Cubase VST 5.1 software installed on it and “D” is a partition I can use to back stuff up on.
I have a second removable 80 gig drive which is designated drive “G”. It is full.
I bought a new WD 80 drive and I want to swap it out for the old “G” drive but when I fire the machine up it won’t recognize the “G” drive any more.
I need some instructions on how to format and partition the new hard drive.
I think I may also need to learn how to make a systems install floppy to do the first
Please help I have some guys that need to record tomorrow and the next day
Thanks.
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Hey Kurt. :D This is easy as pie... just 10 simple steps!
Hey Kurt. :D This is easy as pie... just 10 simple steps!
Go to the start menu.
Choose 'Run'.
Type 'mmc' and hit 'OK'.
Go to the 'File' menu and choose 'Add/Remove Snap-in...'.
Click the 'Add' button.
Select 'Disk Management', click 'Add', then click 'Finish'.
Click 'Close' in the 'Add Standalone Snap-in' window.
Click 'OK' in the 'Add/Remove Snap-in' window.
Double click 'Disk Management(local)'.
Selcet your drive, right click on it, and choose 'Format...'
And you're done!
Or you can access disk manager even quicker by right clicking on
Or you can access disk manager even quicker by right clicking on my computer and selecting Manage!! :D
Make sure that you set it up as an extended partition and not a primary one as well!!
Western Digital drives are different on the jumpers.. master drives have no jumpers and the slave is the slave position indicated on the hard drive
Opus :D
remember though windows xp by defult dose not have "my computer"
remember though windows xp by defult dose not have "my computer" on the desktop, and you have have it setup as a link not a menu on the start menu to acsess it using the manage trick. its just an old habit from when i was a tech to do things the hard way (unless time was an issue) because thats the way every one else's computer was setup.
I wish I could be of more help, but I use Partition Magic 8 to c
I wish I could be of more help, but I use Partition Magic 8 to create partitions.