Problem with external drive.

[cMoAyRoItOe]

HEy guys i got a 120 gig Seagate 8 Meg Buffer, and i bought a drive enclusure for it. Now im running XP so it sais no drivers needet, I plug it in it picks it up as a mass storage device, but i cant see the drive in My Computer. Whats goin on?

Maybe the HDD Jumpers?

Yote

You need to create a partition on it.

Use 'Administrative Tools\Computer Management\Disk Management' to create a drive.

[cMoAyRoItOe]

ahh i feel stupid, the things u usually do when u first buy a HDD new. Thx man.

[cMoAyRoItOe]

Ok another question, when i got it hooked up and working it shows the safe remove hardware thingy in the taskbar. When i unplug it do i allways have to do that to remove it? how bout when i shut down my comp. Do i shut down then turn the power on the xternal box off?

I think you can just unplug it. I believe that icon in the systray now, just shows that you have a device plugged in. You can probably unplug/power off the external drive at anytime it's not being used w/o XP complaining.

[colin911]

Hey cMoAyRoItOe, I have the same problem too except I have a 200GB mass storage Metal Gear Box and it says it's loaded,but I cannot see the drive???

I went into properties and it's there in black and white,but why can't I see it.

Me thinks I should get Win XP and load up,perhaps I will see the drive then or do you have any other suggestions.

I have tried several other options the Guys on this site have suggested and no luck???

Did you add a partition to yours as well? It won't see a drive(partition) in 'My Computer' if there isn't want there.

[cMoAyRoItOe]

yes adding the partition did it u shoudl try it.

Mario