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qbackin
10-17-2005, 01:23 PM
Well I had a 36gb raptor and needed more space. So I threw in a 200gb Seagate baracuda.
They both show up in device manager, but in my computer there is no dive letter for the seagate? Any help would be great, thanks :)

DougLite
10-17-2005, 01:27 PM
Start\Run\Diskmgmt.msc, what do you see?

qbackin
10-17-2005, 01:32 PM
disk 1 unknown - not initialized-unallocated
It shows the other 2-- Raptor, and dvdrw are fine

DougLite
10-17-2005, 01:39 PM
You should be able to right click the disk and initialize it, then right click the unallocated space and create a partition. If not, grab the Seagate diagnostics and see if you need to RMA the drive.

qbackin
10-17-2005, 01:47 PM
Do I want primary or extended partition?

DougLite
10-17-2005, 01:49 PM
The only reason to create a primary partition is to have more than four volumes on a physical disk. If yo uare going to make one big partition, you want a primary.

qbackin
10-17-2005, 01:52 PM
Thanks for taking time with my n00bness Sir.
Works fine. I will remember how to forever now. Thanks again :)