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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: rlmelber on March 31, 2009, 01:20:16 PM

Title: Windows vista hard drive help
Post by: rlmelber on March 31, 2009, 01:20:16 PM

i just got a IDE to USB connector so i can access files on my other comps HDD since that comp is broken right now. I plugged it in and it installed what it needed and i have the safely remove hardware icon in the task bar but i cannot for the life of me find the hard drive in my computer. Im using vista business. Thanks!

Title: Re: Windows vista hard drive help
Post by: Accessless on March 31, 2009, 04:27:37 PM

Go to run (or DOS prompt) and type: CompMgmtLauncher. Click on storage then disk management in the tree table on the left. This will display any disks that the motherboard can detected. This should give you the option of activating the drive on windows.

DO NOT ALLOW WINDOWS TO FORMAT THE DRIVE TO ENABLE THE DRIVE. YOU WILL PERMANENTLY LOOSE ANY DATA ON THAT DISK!