[pchelpers] Re: Enabling Hard Disk

You have Windows on the drive. I didn't think Windows would install on an
unformatted drive. How could it without there being some kind of file system
in place? Is this possible?

gcox
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "s m d" <indigo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 5:01 PM
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Enabling Hard Disk


Yes it did occur to me that the drive is unformatted and maybe that might be
the problem.  Perhaps I'm wrong but wouldn't Windows still see an
unformatted drive?  Since Windows didn't detect that drive, then how could I
proceed with formatting?  I guess I can go to DOS mode and format it from
there but surely there must be a simpler way than that.


Susan


----- Original Message -----
From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 08:06:12 +1200
To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Enabling Hard Disk

> After reading all that, it occurred to me that some of the most basic
> steps had been left out. There may not even be a valid partition or a
> format on the drive! Have you tried the partitioning and formatting
> features on the drive to see if they work? Perhaps they will tell you
> something useful.
>

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