# Hard Drive help needed, please... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 1, 2005, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-help-needed-please/517 "2005-07-01T11:54:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LordAriakan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lordariakan/32/7208_2.png) [@LordAriakan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LordAriakan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-help-needed-please/517/1 "2005-07-01T11:54:57Z")
OK, so I just added another SATA drive to my computer, and it shows up in POST, It shows up in Windows device manager, but NOT in My Computer. It was OEM so no software came with it. Does anyone out there know how I can access this drive, to A. format it, and B. use it?!?! P.S. It’s time’s like these that make me feel real stupid…:bloated: ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-help-needed-please/517/2 "2005-07-01T12:09:34Z")
i dont know, but im sure krazyjon does :retard: ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-help-needed-please/517/3 "2005-07-01T12:53:28Z")
fdisk is ur friend Then format ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-help-needed-please/517/4 "2005-07-01T12:55:18Z")
I was having problems with regular format.l… quick format worked best ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-help-needed-please/517/5 "2005-07-01T13:04:02Z")
cant quick format after using fdisk ---
**Author:** ![LordAriakan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lordariakan/32/7208_2.png) [@LordAriakan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LordAriakan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-help-needed-please/517/6 "2005-07-01T13:15:43Z")
no fdisk in XP? ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-help-needed-please/517/7 "2005-07-01T13:32:18Z")
Kev - I ignored your post. I don’t use fdisk ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-help-needed-please/517/8 "2005-07-01T13:40:15Z")
> [@LordAriakan](#): > > no fdisk in XP? make a boot disk in xp then boot to it, then u can use fdisk to get ur drive ready ---
**Author:** ![LordAriakan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lordariakan/32/7208_2.png) [@LordAriakan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LordAriakan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-help-needed-please/517/9 "2005-07-01T14:47:11Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > make a boot disk in xp then boot to it, then u can use fdisk to get ur drive ready still didn’t have fdisk, but upon searching windows help for fdisk it led me to Computer Management which has allowed me to initialize and format the new drive…Thanks for all the help. ---
**Author:** ![duck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/duck/32/7183_2.png) [@duck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/duck)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-help-needed-please/517/10 "2005-07-01T18:31:49Z")
what brand drive? usually the manufacturer has a pretty decent utilties disk you can make off their site ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-help-needed-please/517/11 "2005-07-05T08:45:44Z")
format it you noob. and say hi to your brother for me 🙂 if you see it in disk management you should be able to format it to ntfs NOT fat tho… just make a boot disk and format it if you cant do it in windows… if you need more help let me know… ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-help-needed-please/517/12 "2005-07-05T09:12:11Z")
HI JON ---
**Author:** ![LordAriakan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lordariakan/32/7208_2.png) [@LordAriakan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LordAriakan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hard-drive-help-needed-please/517/13 "2005-07-05T09:32:19Z")
> [@krazyjon](#): > > format it you noob. and say hi to your brother for me 🙂 > > if you see it in disk management you should be able to format it to ntfs NOT fat tho… > > just make a boot disk and format it if you cant do it in windows… if you need more help let me know… I did format it Comp. Management (see my previous post) and it’s all good now… FWIW I did try a boot disk and that didn’t work either but it doesn’t matter anyway it works now…