help with hard drive please

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im not the smartest when it comes to computers so please excuse. i just bought a new hard drive(maxtor 300 gig) and when i hooked it up, the computer recognized new hardware but when i go to the my computer icon it only shows the C: drive. I downloaded maxblast 4 for windows and it gave me the option to copy my C: drive but i dont know if that'll make my D: visible in my computer or if ill lose all my stuff on C:. any help would be appreciated. thnx
 
using xp? if so get in to disk management where you can allocate the drive, partition it if you like then format it and it will show up,
 
start-->settings-->control panel-->administrative tools-->computer managment-->disk managment
 
ok so i went into disk management and it had me initialize the hard drive. now theres a box that says disk 1 and unallocated. so how do i now allocate it? do i have to right click on the box and make it a primary partition first? thnx for the replies btw
 
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