Hi, C An you go to: Control panel | administrative tasks | computer management, then use down arrow until you get to Disk management? If you tab then arrow, you may see your new drive is assigned the same drive letter as another drive on the system, and thus it is being "hidden" from other programs. Do a context on the drive and change its letter. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ali Sent: 01 June 2006 20:16 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] New hard drive is not showing Hi, I have just bought a 300gb Maxtor 6 l300 USB 2 external hard drive. I am using xp home addition. When it is connected, the computer finds the hardware fine. But it does not show it under my computer. I have checked the system/hardware and it shows that it is functioning properly. Does anyone know how to get it shown in my computer? Thank you. -------------------- Ali ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq