-=PCTechTalk=- " Trying to format the drive with Ubuntu on it "
- From: <mytoybox1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "PC TechTalk" <PCTechTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:43:16 -0500
Well shuck`s ... I thought this might be a job I could do on my own ... not .
On the advice of Don and GMan I tried to install the drive in my IBM machine
which has Windows XP SP2 installed on it .
I found that I had no empty drive bay`s left ... so I un-installed and removed
the CD player drive thinking that I would use that drive bay temporarily . I
got it out ... then I thought " No wait " ... the machine boot`s up to the
Floppy drive A first ...then the CD drive D second ... then my main " C " drive
where Windows lives .
So I got out a USB external drive enclosure that I had and put the WD400 40 gig
drive in that ... having first set my jumper on the back of the drive to "
Slave " ... I thought the USB plug in would bypass the boot up sequence and the
P C would recognise it as a new separate drive ... which it did .
However it recognizes it as CD drive D which was the designation for the CD
player drive which I removed .
So I right clicked on My Computer found the CD drive D and clicked it to open
it .
On the new page left hand side it show`s my Drive A ... and the local drive
which is my " C " drive ... and all of the folder`s on my Desktop .
In the right hand pane it show`s nothing ... it is a blank white screen .
The header say`s CD Drive D .
So I know that Windows see`s the new drive even though it is mislabeled ... I
also know that the USB plug in is functioning .
I went on line and read two or three page`s on formatting a new drive which
this is not ... it has Ubuntu on it ... so I read about formating a drive that
had been used ... it mention`s using F2 key on start up to go into the BIOS
which scare`s the be-jebber`s out of me ... I have tried to stay out of that
no-man`s land until now .
B/T/W I do still have the two floppy`s that Do and GMan suggested ... one is
the D Ban eraser and the other is Data Life Guard Tool`s H D Wiper .
So it seem`s that I am staggering in ever widening circle`s ... like a little
OL drunk on Saturday night .
Soooo ... that`s my latest tale of woe ( frown ) .
Dumbfounded in Wichita,
LiL OL confused Me
Teri Lee
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