Re: HELP!!!Re: usb mass storage on a non-usb sparc system?

From: jankemi(remove) (_at_mail.com)
Date: 08/10/03 

Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 00:47:24 GMT

Yunxiang Zhang wrote:
> Actually sad thing happened. I tried to format the 250GB western digital
> external combo hard drive and failed. Then I think I'm going to hook it
> back to my winXP. But I can never find the drive in "my computer" although
> it shows up in the device manager. What should I do now? How do I rescue
> my new hard drive? Please, somebody HELP!
>
> Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you are trying to mount it under WinXP, you need to find & use XP's
'Disk Manager'. It should be buried in the menu system somewhere --
perhaps under 'Administrative Tools'. That tool will allow you to
partition and format the disk.

--Mike

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