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    New HDD DOA?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Widows Son, Jun 22, 2013.

  1. Widows Son

    Widows Son Notebook Geek

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    Greetings I just received a Seagate Momentous XT that I purchased from Amazon for my X200 running Win 7-64 Pro and I am wondering if either the drive is dead, or if I am doing something wrong.

    I have a hard drive caddy for my docking station and had hoped to place the new drive in there and clone the old drive onto it that way. I put the drive in but the computer does not even know it is there; I know the caddy works because it immediately picks up another drive I have used in it on occasion which already has files in it.

    I have a Thermalake BlacX; which connects via USB & allows me to hot swap drives. I put the new drive in and get nothing; If I grasp the drive I can feel it spinning; the laptop though doesn't respond. If I put a different drive in it though it is again immediately recognized by the computer.

    So, the question is: Is the drive D.O.A or am I just D.U.M?

    TIA
     
    Widows Son, Jun 22, 2013
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  2. Kaso

    Kaso Notebook Virtuoso

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    As it is a "brand new" drive, you need to ask Windows to initialize it before Windows can recognize it.

    Windows orb -> type "disk manage" (without quotes) into search box -> select Create and manage hard disk partition -> see Disk Management application window -> right click on the new drive and select Initialize menu item

    That is likely the "problem."
     
    Kaso, Jun 22, 2013
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  3. Widows Son

    Widows Son Notebook Geek

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    Ahhh; so the cause then was my being D.U.M; been quite awhile since I played with fresh drives.

    Assured that the drive was indeed not DOA I downloaded the free version of Macrium Reflect and all is well.

    Thanx for the input
     
    Widows Son, Jun 23, 2013
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