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    2nd HDD Not Recognized- Win 7, G73sw-XT1

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by marinegundoctor, Aug 25, 2011.

  1. marinegundoctor

    marinegundoctor Newbie

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    I just got an Asus G73sw-XT1, Win 7 64bit. I plugged my hdd from my old computer (500GB WD) and I can not access it. I can see the drive through disk management and I can boot from it using the boot menu. The drive is formatted with ext3 and ext4 partitions for Linux (openSuse). I know that Windows doesn't natively read these file systems, but shouldn't the drive should come up in "My Computer" to give the option of formatting?
    Thanks
     
    marinegundoctor, Aug 25, 2011
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  2. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Well, if you want to format it, you can try:
    Right-click (My) Computer, click Manage, go to Disk Management.
    You should be able to delete the old partitions and create empty ones which Windows can format and read. (note: data in those partitions will be deleted)
     
    namaiki, Aug 25, 2011
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  3. panzer06

    panzer06 His Imperial Majesty

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    No because Windows does't recognize it. As the post above stated, you will need to go into disk management and format it for Windows.

    Cheers,
     
    panzer06, Aug 26, 2011
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