Advice re connecting a hard drive via a USB Cable

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  1. Mos

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    #1 MossMan, Oct 23, 2006
    Can anyone help? I've got a Samsung 160gb hard drive and I have a USB cable and connection kit, when I connect it up to the drive and plug it in, it detects the drive but does not show it in My Computer. When I go to add Hardware it doesn't do anything. Is this because the drive is not partitioned? If so how would I partition it using USB? Any advice appreciated please.</p>

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    #2 Jax, Oct 23, 2006
    It will need formatting you may have to get the software from Samsung site as the easy option
     
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    #3 MossMan, Oct 23, 2006
    thanks I'll have a look later
     
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    #4 kestyke, Oct 23, 2006
    http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/IDE1.htm#diskmanagement ......or the hard way......

    If its a brand new one, I'd get it slapped into the pc as a slave drive and format partition it using fdisk or a third party tool like Partion Magic. Once done, take it out and slap it back in the external enclosure. If its a XP OS it won't need any programs installing.
     
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    #5 MossMan, Oct 23, 2006
    Problem is I'm doing it with a laptop....
     
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    #6 kestyke, Oct 23, 2006
    The link has the info you need. I hope!
     
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    #7 MossMan, Oct 23, 2006
    Cheers - info on the link helps lots.
     
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