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    How to format a hard drive in an enclosure?

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by Myung, Aug 5, 2004.

  1. Myung

    Myung Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I just bought an 3.5 inch internal hard drive (80GB Maxtor) and an usb/firewire encloure(Speeze from newegg.com) to use as a backup for my thinkpad.

    As the hard drive is new, it is not formatted. So, when I plugged in the enclosure, thinkpad finds a new hardware, but I cannot see the enclosure as a mass USB storage in the Windows Explorer. And I guess this is because the hard drive is not formatted yet.

    Would you please tell me how to format the hard drive in the enclosure?

    Thanks.
     
    Myung, Aug 5, 2004
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  2. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    I went through the same thing, so you get to learn from me rather than cursing the world like I had to do.

    Go to control panel, administrative tools, computer management, there's a disk management tab down towards the bottom.

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    Brian, Aug 5, 2004
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  3. Myung

    Myung Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks, Brian.

    I did not have to go through installing the new hard drive inside the desktop to format, which is pretty dumb but can be done.[ :D]




     
    Myung, Aug 6, 2004
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