New second disk?

[Jonzjob]

I have just installed a new second disk on my desktop PC. When the PC was booted it showed New Hardware, Disk and it appears in the Device Manager. I have initialised it in Disk Manager (I think???).

OS is XP, SP2 (and thinking of going to SP3?) The disk is a 250 gig Seagate Barracuda SATA-300.

There is no sign of it in the Windowz Explorer? The reason for the new disk is that the old one died big time. I don't remember having any difficulty installing the original second disk.

I also want to partition the disk into something like 100/130+ gig partitions and use one for my video editing and the other as a back up for files on the desktop and our laptop.

Anyone got any idea as to what I am doing wrong please??? And what to do next?

Big TA in anticipation?

[Danny]

Try this page here

Danny

[Jay]

When the blank drive is first seen by Disk Management it will not be

seen in Windows Explorer as a drive letter. To get it seen in Windows

Explorer as a drive letter, the drive will need to be configured

through Disk Management. Windows XP/2000 will normally see the

unpartitioned drive when you open Disk Management and start the wizard

for you.

For full details/instructions see HERE. It may be an idea to download seatools from the same site.

[Danny]

Or this one here

Danny

[Jonzjob]

Well, between the 2 of you I now have a partitioned disk!!!

A big thank you to both of you for your time and trouble!!

At the moment I am creating a CDof the ISO Recorder for both our XP & Vista machines.

Thank you again!![:D]