4-9.When a new drive letter isn ’t assigned(Windows)

When you connect a HDD which isn’t formatted or doesn’t have partitions, a new drive letter won’t be assigned in [My Computer] . You need to format or create partitions on the HDD.

1.When you use Windows Me/98SE, you can format your HDD and create partitions with the bundled “Format Utility”. You have to format and create partition for your HDD. You must do both of them for your HDD. For more information, refer to section A in Chapter 3-1-2 .

2.When you use Windows XP/2000, you can format your HDD and create partitions with Disk Management in Windows XP/2000. For more information, refer to a Windows XP/2000 help file. If a new drive letter won’t be assigned yet or you still fail to format the HDD after you have

done Disk Management , you should do Low Level Format, using

with

the bundled “Disk Utility”, and then do the Disk Management .

For

more information, refer to section B in Chapter 3-1-2 .

 

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