Sata Drive

I installed a Sata drive on my desktop. Then installed Vista. Explorer
dosen't see my Sata drive. However disk manager does. How do I get
Explorer to see it?

Bill Mc

Bill McAllister wrote:
> I installed a Sata drive on my desktop. Then installed Vista. Explorer
> dosen't see my Sata drive. However disk manager does. How do I get
> Explorer to see it?

Did you remember to partition and format it? If not, you need to do so.
You can do this from Disk Management.


Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

"Bill McAllister" <> wrote:

>I installed a Sata drive on my desktop. Then installed Vista. Explorer
>dosen't see my Sata drive. However disk manager does. How do I get
>Explorer to see it?

Use Disk Manager to install (and format) at least one partition.
"Drive letters" are assigned to partitions, not drives.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

Hi, Bill.

Use Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc) to create one or more partitions on the
hard drive and format the partition(s) and assign drive letter(s).

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

"Bill McAllister" <> wrote in message
news:760C5EC9-1FA7-49B4-BC3A-...
> I installed a Sata drive on my desktop. Then installed Vista. Explorer
> dosen't see my Sata drive. However disk manager does. How do I get
> Explorer to see it?
>
> Bill Mc

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:12:37 -0500, "Bill McAllister"
<> wrote:

> I installed a Sata drive on my desktop. Then installed Vista. Explorer
> dosen't see my Sata drive. However disk manager does. How do I get
> Explorer to see it?


Partition and format it. You need to do that with any new drive, SATA
or otherwise, before it can be used.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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I found the Disk Manager and am formating the drive. How do I make it the
primary drive?
I have a IE drive and it is C.

Bill Mc
"Bill McAllister" <> wrote in message
news:760C5EC9-1FA7-49B4-BC3A-...
>I installed a Sata drive on my desktop. Then installed Vista. Explorer
>dosen't see my Sata drive. However disk manager does. How do I get
>Explorer to see it?
>
> Bill Mc

"Bill McAllister" <> wrote in message ...
>I installed a Sata drive on my desktop. Then installed Vista. Explorer
>doesn't see my Sate drive. However disk manager does. How do I get
>Explorer to see it?
>
> Bill Mc

>>I found the Disk Manager and am formating the drive. How do I make it the
>>primary drive?
>>I have a IE drive and it is C.

>>Bill Mc

Bill, RUN, Don't Walk, to your nearest comp repair shop, you are not ready
to do anything as complex as adding a drive to your system.

Hello Steve:
Of all the posts I've read in Vista newsgroups, your answer to this
particular question deserves to have a check mark for providing the correct
answer!

xiowan......in tucson

"Steve" wrote:

> "Bill McAllister" <> wrote in message ...
> >I installed a Sata drive on my desktop. Then installed Vista. Explorer
> >doesn't see my Sate drive. However disk manager does. How do I get
> >Explorer to see it?
> >
> > Bill Mc
>
> >>I found the Disk Manager and am formating the drive. How do I make it the
> >>primary drive?
> >>I have a IE drive and it is C.
>
> >>Bill Mc
>
> Bill, RUN, Don't Walk, to your nearest comp repair shop, you are not ready
> to do anything as complex as adding a drive to your system.
>
>