Help with installing new hard drive!

Tullphan

Diamond Member
Jul 27, 2001
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I'm adding a WD160 to take the place of my WD120. I'm running XP & althouh it's recognized in the device manager, it doesn't show up in my computer. I know I need to fdisk it & format it, but is there a way to do it without using a 98 boot disk?
 

LouPoir

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Mar 17, 2000
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Control panel
Administrative tools
Computer management
Disk management
Select drive and format it there

Lou