I just installed a new Hard Drive.  I checked all the jumpers and have it installed as the slave drive.  I can go to device manager and see the drive, but windows won't assign a drive letter to it.  When I am in device manager, I can see the volumes and it show status as not initialized, what does that mean and how do I initialize it?
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you have to format and name the drive using the admin tools then it will show up as a drive\n\nuse control panel/admin tools/computer management/storage then disk management right clcik the new drive and format as ntfs and the drive should show up in "My Computer"
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If this is a newly installed slave drive, try going to start, and my computer. see if its listed in the left hand margin. you may have to format the slave drive. you can also try to repair your old master hard drive. boot up your computer and put in your winxp disc. reboot from cd and go to repair
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u have to format the hdd.. if no go, u will have to debug the hdd... u can get the debugging instructions from the internet..\n\nbut first try with a diff cd., maybe the cd has issues.. otherwise, the problem is with the hdd..
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Let me get this right, it says you need to format it, in order to be able to use it?  The only thing I can think of is if you were trying to boot from it, it might say that, but Windows is telling you this?  If you were using Windows XP you shouldn't even have needed to install drivers, it should have just worked.  Format means it would completely wipe the drive, typically done when you either want to sell the drive or reinstall Windows.\n\nIs the drive working now?  I just can't fathom this... unless you aren't using Windows XP.  What operating system are you using right now?\n\nI'm asking because if the drive had Windows XP on it, it was most likely formatted as a NTFS drive.  If you plugged the drive into a Windows 98/ME machine, it would not recognize the NTFS format (probably, it's been a LONG time since I've used any Windows 9x OS) and would want to format it.\n\nWell, that's your problem then.  Windows ME will not recognize a drive that had Windows XP on it that was formatted as NTFS.  If the XP drive had been formatted as FAT32 then Windows ME would not have had a problem with it.  But, since it isn't recognizing it, it's a safe assumption that the drive was formatted as NTFS.  I think the "computer guy" assumed that it was FAT32 (though how he could have missed that is beyond me) or that you were going to plug it into another Windows XP machine.  If it were a blank drive (non-formatted) it would indeed be compatible with all the operating systems you listed.  But, as I said, the NTFS format is compatible only with Windows 2000/XP and Mac OS can read NTFS formatted volumes but not write to them.\n\nGet access to a PC that has Windows XP on it, plug the drive it, pull all the files you want off of it, burn them to a CD or stick them on a flash drive and transfer them to your laptop.  Or get yourself a new laptop that has Windows XP on it.  (I don't know how much you are willing to spend in this pursuit).\n\nTo everyone who's answered this question, it's not a drive problem or a USB problem, it's the simple fact that Windows ME cannot read a NTFS formatted drive.\n\nThat gives me another thought.  While you can safely convert a FAT32 volume to NTFS the same is not true for NTFS to FAT32, in fact, it's dangerous, it may result in data loss.  Partition Magic among other programs has the ability to convert a NTFS volume back to FAT32 but it may result in damaging files and you may end up having to reformat the drive after all.\n\nThe only answer and the only correct answer is to plug the drive into a Windows XP or 2000 based system and see if the drive is recognized, I'm 99% sure it will be.  If it is not then I could only take a wild guess as to what is wrong with it.
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Typically:\n\nC:&#92; Windows&#92; System32&#92; Drivers&#92; Etc &#92;Hosts  (take out the spaces, Answers thinks it's a URL and is deleting everything after Et)\n\nYour drive letter might not be the same (my 'C' drive is really E:) and your Windows directory might be different (Win32, Win98, Windows, WinXP; lots of possibilities).
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From your question, I don't find any problem on it. Your disk is working fine. Things to take note - when installing new hard drive, especially SATA disk, Windows 98/Me/2000/XP requires additional driver to help it read the hard disk's chipset.\n\nIf you self-assembled your system, you should notice there's a floppy drive/driver CD OEM from your motherboard supplier. Install the driver while your SATA disk still attached. Use the User's Manual to guide yourself when installing the driver. Make sure you successfully install the driver. After wards, everything will be fine.\n\nIf you bought your system from the vendor, there's a bit different. They should equip you with software/drivers/documentation for your self-keeping. If you are missing any of these, please consult your vendor. Perhaps you may request them to configure the SATA for you - with a little charge of course!\n\nHope this help.
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Go to Map network drive in one of your folders. Try and force the mapping of your drives to a certain letter. Once it gets disconnected, it is not supposed to keep the drive hanging like that. It should've went back to B, then D, then E...etc.\n\nIf you cant get this resolved by forcing it, then you will need to do a scandisk and make sure you reset your drives. Or you can just reformat and next time make sure you use the NTFS partition.
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If you hadn't formatted I could have been of more help, I have a program that gives you the serial of an installed version of Windows - but you say that the hdd is formatted. \n\nYour options are - obtain an illegal key, or contact microsoft. \n\nDidn't you stick your product code on the box of your pc though? You are required to have your product key sticker stuck to your pc, if you bought the pc without this you restle with the company that sold it to you.
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Hard drives have jumpers on them to allow them to be set as master, slave or cable select.  You need to set one to master and one to slave or set them both to cable select. then when they are connected the one at the end of the cable will be the master drive if set to cable select.  Most hard drives have an image on the case to show how the jumpers should be arranged.  If both are set to master or both are set to slave your system will only detect one of the drives.
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Insert your Windows Operating System disk and reboot.  Check the BIOS settings if it won't reboot.   Once you reboot, begin the installation.  When it gets to the point of WHERE, select that partition for Deletion, then allow the installation program to format the hard drive.  \n\nIf you do not have the Windows installation disk, GET ONE. \n\nGood luck
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I have two external enclosed hard drives, both come with instructions to set the hard drive jumpers to MASTER.  So, I was wondering if you have done that before you closed the case?  Windows XP should auto-detect the external hard drive.  Let's us know what's up.. Cheers!!
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Run chkdsk by right clicking on the drive letter and going to "Properties" and click on "Tools", then "Check now", check "Automatically fix errors" and click "Start". That should find any errors and fix them, also check to see if the drive is mounted by going to the "Start" button and clicking on "Run" and typing "compmgmt.msc" without the quotation marks in to the run box, click on "Disk Management" and check to see if the drive shows up in there.
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Depends upon the make and model of the drive.  For example on a newer Western Digital drive, if you look between the IDE ribbom cable and the place where the power is plugged in, you will see three sets of pins.  These are usually marked as CS for Cable Select, SL for SLave drive, and MA for MAster drive.  If the hard drive is on the end position of the ribbon cable, usually no jumper is required.  If it shares a ribbon cable with another drive, then you must select the manner in which the drive is to be used by installing a jumper on the correct pins.   Master for the bootable drive at the end of the cable, Slave for a secondary drive on the internal connection on the cable or Cable select to have its position on the cable automatically select which drive is which.\nIf you still have questions, ask again giving more detail such as hove your drive is being used and what is the make and model.
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If it's what I'm thinking, you can't see the drive in Disk Management.  Read this post on my technology blog and follow the DiskPart instructions.\n\nhttp://technologyexpert.blogspot.com/2005/11/adding-external-hard-drive-hard-way.html
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Is that a brand new external hard drive? If it is you normally have to partition it before your computer can easily detect it. You can use partition magic 9. It might probably have bad sectors too, you can use norton disk doctor to check it. If you think it really has keylogger or worm viruses then scan it using your updated(virus definitions) antivirus software. If the problem still persist, transfer all files to another computer (b sure it has the latest firewall and antivirus update) if you can, then reformat that drive using partition magic. Good Luck!
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If you already have a computer you can hook it up to, simply install the drive, boot into windows. Once there:\n\nStart -> Right click "my computer" then go to Manage. -> Left side, under Storage, click "Disk Management" -> Right side, you should see multiple hard drives listed. It probably won't have a volumne label or anything (but if it does, just make sure you're not formatting your windows [C:&#92;] drive). Once you've figured out what drive it is, right click it and then left click format. Choose the format type and boom. Done. :)
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Your question is very vague.  What is the exact issue that you are facing?  Where are you getting the error message?  What is the Operating System that you are using (e.g. Windows XP).\n\nYes, provided that the hard drive is still working, you can always connect it to another computer and copy data to/from it.  You simply have to connect the hard drive as the slave (primary or secondary) on the other computer.  Connect it exactly as the original hard drive is connected (including data and power cables).  Also ensure that the hard drive is detected in the BIOS.  You can do this by pressing F2 or F8 on the keyboard while the computer is switched on and look into the IDE settings in the BIOS.\n\nNow you can access the hard drive as any normal hard drive on the other PC.