Partition and format the drive!

Right click on My Computer, select Manage. On the following screen, click
on Disk Management. It will show up on the right hand side of the screen
from where you can partition it, format it and assign it a drive letter.
Now it will show up in Windows Explorer. No version of Windows can 'see' an
unformatted drive.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
[url]http://www.coribright.com/windows[/url]

"Lakesidezx" <lakesidezx@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:A12D5C7E-59F4-4AD0-B747-B8C28D2C7AD0@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hello,
> I've added a new sata II hard drive to my windows vista home premium
> installation. When I started up vista, I got the little bubble in the
> lower right portion of the screen telling me that new hardware was
> detected and that drivers were beign installed.
>
> All went fine.
>
> When I go to device manager, the new hard drive shows up there, but in
> windows explorer it's nowhere to be found.
>
> What do I need to do to be able to see this drive and use it in windows
> vista.
>
> Thanks,[/color]