HELP ME with my 40gb Seagate Hard-Drive

[MrCodeDude]

Okay, I have a 40gb Seagate Hard-Drive model #ST340810A.. I'm running XP and so far, it recognized the new hardware, but doesn't say it's a Hard-Drive.. I tried running the "Disk Manager" disk that came with it. Both the floppy and CD, the floppy did something at the Start-Up that just showed me support #'s but the CD loads but whenever I try to install anything from the CD, it just does nothing. Like nothing happened.

Anyone know where I can get drivers for this hard-drive (I'm on Windows XP) and / or know why it is not working.
-- mrcodedude

 

[Pabster]

I'm assuming you've added the drive?

In that case, go to Disk Management under Administrative Tools and administer the volume.

 

[glen]

I'm having the same problem I think.
Bios see it.
Under Disk Management, it is "unallocated." wtf does that mean?

 

[MrCodeDude]

Administer the Volume? I see the Volume tab, but how do I administer it?
-- mrcodedude

 

[MrCodeDude]

Okay, I hit populate and now it said how big it was.. I still can't find it when I go into Windows Explorer..
-- mrcodedude

 

[glen]

control panel>computer management>storage>Disk Management

 

[glen]

But, I am still stuck.
Basically everythign else says it is there and working properly, but Windows Explorer does know about it.

 

[MrCodeDude]

Yeah.. I ran Disk Wizard from my a:\ and it said: "Disk Manager was unable to find any Seagate Technology ATA Hard Drive in your system."

Any ideas?
-- mrcodedude

 

[glen]

I think maybe we just need to partition it.
Once you get to the Disk Manager, you can click on the drive and do it.

 

[MrCodeDude]

Heh.. I didn't go into Disk Management, Computer Management -> Device Manager -> Disk Drives -> ST340810A -> Volumes Tab -> Populate
-- mrcodedude

 

[MrCodeDude]

So, do I want to convert the drive?
-- mrcodedude

 

[MrCodeDude]

Okay, so I converted.. I still can't see the Hard-Drive in Windows Explorer..
-- mrcodedude

 

[glen]

Convert, then partition it. Mine took a while 60GB.

 

[MrCodeDude]

Got it to work. Thanks..
-- mrcodedude

 

[BFG10K]

Under Disk Management, it is "unallocated." wtf does that mean?

It means there are no partitions and no file system on it.