How can I get my new Hard Drive to show up?

[Gorgorok]

Hey, I just put in a new hard drive I got to replace my old one that went out. Ive had a small 20G in there until I was able to get this new one so at the moment Ive got 2 hard drives going.

The new one I got is a WD 250G hard drive. I added it in and when I went to boot everything was fine but I cannot see another drive under 'My Computer'. How can I set it up so I can start useing it?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Gorgorok]

The hard drive can be found here:
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822144701

 

[King X13]

you need to run partion magik, or fdisk in dos, or use the install cd that it came with to set it up to be seen in windows. since its not formated windows doesnt know its there.

 

[Gorgorok]

Alright, when I bought the hard drive it didnt come with any CD's. It just came with the hard drive nothing else. Where can I get that partion magik?

 

[MrFortissimo]

Go to Control Panel > (Classic View) > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management (In the tree at left under Storage) > Look for something that's around 250 meg, partition it, and format it (NTFS is suggested). When all is said and done, reboot.

That assumes you have XP

-:-Mitchell

 

[Gorgorok]

Yup, got it all working now. Thanks for the help