If you mean; right-click "My Computer", "Manage", "Storage", "Disk
Management", right-click on the drive in question...the only selections
available in the drop-down menu is 'Delete' and 'Help'.

Now what?

"koze" wrote:
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> Just right click the drive in HD manager and assign a driveletter and DON'T
> let it format after a refresh it should be visible.
> Could also be it is set "Offline" change that to online same console HD
> management.
> Ko.
>
> "Albert Trudeau" <Albert [email]Trudeau@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> schreef in
> bericht news:C4363F7C-1EEA-44E0-A0FC-0222EAF6D18C@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > Hi Cari.
> >
> > Your solution would work fine for a 'new' HDD, but what about an exisiting
> > HDD that has gigabytes of archived data? I am in this position, but I am
> > NOT
> > going to delete the information just to get Vista to recognize this
> > secondary
> > SATA HDD. I am using removeable aluminum racks, and I have a full working
> > OS
> > in another rack (Windows XP Professional) and it recognizes this 200 Gig
> > SATA
> > drive perfectly. Any ideas?
> >
> > "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
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> >> 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.
> >> --
> >> 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...
> >> > 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,
> >>
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