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Go into Disk Management and format the drive - it will be visible to Explorer after that. &nbsp;
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Go into Disk Management and format the drive - it will be visible to Explorer after that.  

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To expand upon Callandor's answer, see <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309000" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309000</a>&nbsp;for specific details on how to do this task.<br />
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Auriclus
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To expand upon Callandor's answer, see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309000 [http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309000] for specific details on how to do this task.

Auriclus

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i have just bought a 80gig seagate drive to go with my other seagate 80gig and after setting the jumpers and plugging it in, my computer says theres nothing there, but divice manager says it is working fine and there are two drives present.<br />
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i thin it somthing simple i've overlooked, or, maybe it has to be formated before it can be seen but how can you format it if you cant see it?<br />
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cheers guys<br />
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Col_Jack_Oneal
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i have just bought a 80gig seagate drive to go with my other seagate 80gig and after setting the jumpers and plugging it in, my computer says theres nothing there, but divice manager says it is working fine and there are two drives present.

i thin it somthing simple i've overlooked, or, maybe it has to be formated before it can be seen but how can you format it if you cant see it?

cheers guys

Col_Jack_Oneal

cant see hard drive

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