On Feb 10, 11:00*pm, "Dustin Harper" <dhar...@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> You can go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management >
> Disk Management. Select the disk, and initalize it and format it in there.
>
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> Dustin Harper
> dhar...@xxxxxx://www.VistaRIP.com| Vista Resource & Information Page
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> "JosephMo" <josephmouha...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> news:70a8fcca-f79d-4bf6-a571-cbd018f19611@xxxxxx
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> Quote:
> >I installed a second SATA drive in my system, but Vista does not
> > recognize it. When I look in the Control Panel, Device Manager, Disk
> > Drives, it shows the two drives. I also see both drives if I enter the
> > BIOS settings. Windows Explorer does shows only the original drive.
> Quote:
> > The BIOS setting for the SATA drives is AHCI.
> Quote:
> > Do I need to format it? if so, where do I go to format it?
>> Quote:
> > --thx, Joseph- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text - Thanks. That took care of the problem. It seems to me though as if
this is something that Windows Explorer, or the Properties Page, or
the Device Manager should have allowed me to take care of (or should
have recognized that I added a disk and provided an option to format
it).
Joseph