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raison_d'etre · 10-15-2011, 09:22 PM

I have an external HD shell, I installed a 320Gb WD Caviar Blue HD in the shell. I connected it all to the computer and nothing. Computer wont recognize the drive. What do I do?

Asheville Native · 10-15-2011, 09:49 PM

Power?

Do you hear the drive spin up?

raison_d'etre · 10-15-2011, 10:34 PM

That was my first thought. It does start up and on program on my computer does see the hard drive. I just cant seem to access it.

And yes, I have restarted the Computer.

raison_d'etre · 10-15-2011, 10:41 PM

I figured it out. I feel dumb... I forgot to partition the drive.

Tek_Freek · 10-16-2011, 11:15 AM

None of us have ever done that. No, not us....

mensaguy · 10-17-2011, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Tek_Freek

None of us have ever done that. No, not us....