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R. C. White
Hi, TMitchell.
You've received the right answer a few times, as well as several bum steers.
Device Manager confirms the physical connection of the hard disk, but not
the logical organization of partitions on the disk. Windows Explorer shows
folders that have been created on each partition and the files in them.
But the tool you need is Disk Management, which creates partition on the
disk and assigns "drive" letters to them. I put "drive" in quotes because
letters are never assigned to the whole physical disk drive, but only to
each partition on each disk. (Disk Management handles other tasks, too,
such as deleting and extending partitions, but there's no need to discuss
that now.)
To run Disk Management (which has been a part of every Windows version since
Win2K in 2000), just press the Start button and type diskmgmt.msc, then
press Enter. Then Maximize the window and expand the Status column so that
you won't be working through a keyhole. Your Volume List should be at the
top of your screen; the Graphical View at the bottom. Look for your 2 TB
disk below; it won't be above because it doesn't yet have partitions
(volumes) created on it.
You should see each of your HDDs in the far left column, starting with Disk
0. Right-click on your new disk and choose New Simple Volume, then follow
the prompts to create at least one partition and assign it a letter. You
should also assign a name (label) that will mean something to you, which
will be written to the disk and won't change, even if the letter does get
intentionally or accidentally changed later.
Once the partition has been created and a letter assigned, it should who up
in Windows Explorer.
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2011 (Build 15.4.3555.0308) in Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1
"TMitchell" wrote in message
I have a new Seagate external USB hard drive that shows up in Device
Manager but not Windows Explorer (or anywhere else). I can hear the
Windows alert tone when it is connected and disconnected in Windows 7,
but cannot access the drive. It works fine on my XP system. (I tried
running SeaTools from Seagate to test the drive, but that app always
gives me a BSOD.) The drive works fine (as evident when I attach it to
my XP system, and I know my Win 7 system has enough power (1,200 Watt
power supply)for it .
Any ideas?
You've received the right answer a few times, as well as several bum steers.
Device Manager confirms the physical connection of the hard disk, but not
the logical organization of partitions on the disk. Windows Explorer shows
folders that have been created on each partition and the files in them.
But the tool you need is Disk Management, which creates partition on the
disk and assigns "drive" letters to them. I put "drive" in quotes because
letters are never assigned to the whole physical disk drive, but only to
each partition on each disk. (Disk Management handles other tasks, too,
such as deleting and extending partitions, but there's no need to discuss
that now.)
To run Disk Management (which has been a part of every Windows version since
Win2K in 2000), just press the Start button and type diskmgmt.msc, then
press Enter. Then Maximize the window and expand the Status column so that
you won't be working through a keyhole. Your Volume List should be at the
top of your screen; the Graphical View at the bottom. Look for your 2 TB
disk below; it won't be above because it doesn't yet have partitions
(volumes) created on it.
You should see each of your HDDs in the far left column, starting with Disk
0. Right-click on your new disk and choose New Simple Volume, then follow
the prompts to create at least one partition and assign it a letter. You
should also assign a name (label) that will mean something to you, which
will be written to the disk and won't change, even if the letter does get
intentionally or accidentally changed later.
Once the partition has been created and a letter assigned, it should who up
in Windows Explorer.
RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2011 (Build 15.4.3555.0308) in Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1
"TMitchell" wrote in message
I have a new Seagate external USB hard drive that shows up in Device
Manager but not Windows Explorer (or anywhere else). I can hear the
Windows alert tone when it is connected and disconnected in Windows 7,
but cannot access the drive. It works fine on my XP system. (I tried
running SeaTools from Seagate to test the drive, but that app always
gives me a BSOD.) The drive works fine (as evident when I attach it to
my XP system, and I know my Win 7 system has enough power (1,200 Watt
power supply)for it .
Any ideas?
