computer hard drive question
May 7, 2021 13:19:20 #
Let me know if this helps. I don't advise the command prompt unless you are confident in the DOS layer.
To create a simple volume using the Windows interface:
In Disk Management, right-click the unallocated space on the dynamic disk on which you want to create the simple volume, and then click New Simple Volume. (Use the entire disk unless you want to partition the drive.)
In the New Volume Wizard, click Next, click Simple, and then follow the instructions on your screen.
It may ask you at the end to format. As I said previously, right click the storage drive and choose format using NTFS under file system.
To create a simple volume using the Windows interface:
In Disk Management, right-click the unallocated space on the dynamic disk on which you want to create the simple volume, and then click New Simple Volume. (Use the entire disk unless you want to partition the drive.)
In the New Volume Wizard, click Next, click Simple, and then follow the instructions on your screen.
It may ask you at the end to format. As I said previously, right click the storage drive and choose format using NTFS under file system.
May 7, 2021 14:40:54 #
Haydon wrote:
Let me know if this helps. I don't advise the comm... (show quote)
That worked. Now the computer sees the D: drive. Thanks for all your help, Haydon.
May 7, 2021 14:49:00 #
jkm757 wrote:
That worked. Now the computer sees the D: drive. Thanks for all your help, Haydon.
Glad to have helped :)
May 8, 2021 05:40:06 #
alawry
Loc: Timaru New Zealand
Pleased the issue was solved. Having been I've the computer industry since the days of 10 inch floppy drives etc, let me remind everyone that it is literally rocket science we are freaking with and a miracle the lay man is able to do what we do. For which we really thank the likes of Bill Gates and his peers.
May 8, 2021 08:31:20 #
May 8, 2021 10:59:39 #
jkm757 wrote:
The D: drive on my computer is full. I removed it and installed a new drive but the computer does not see it. Is there something else I need to do for the computer to see it or is the drive no good. If it needs to be formatted, how do you format a drive the computer can't see?
If your operating system is Win 10:
1. right click start
2. select "disk management"
3. The drive should be listed
4. right click on it
5. select format.
Hope this helps,
Mark
May 8, 2021 11:45:50 #
I have believed the Op Sys was on the ROM chip. That incorrect?
Longshadow wrote:
You didn't say HOW or what you did to install the drive...
They cannot just be "swapped".
Just in case - If you didn't copy the operating system and data to the new drive, there is nothing on the new drive, they come empty.
When the computer tries to boot, there is nothing on the drive for it to use, so the computer cannot boot.
They cannot just be "swapped".
Just in case - If you didn't copy the operating system and data to the new drive, there is nothing on the new drive, they come empty.
When the computer tries to boot, there is nothing on the drive for it to use, so the computer cannot boot.
May 8, 2021 12:09:08 #
John_F wrote:
I have believed the Op Sys was on the ROM chip. That incorrect?
It is. The BIOS (basic input output system) is in ROM, but the OS (operating system) is loaded from disk - that concept was a major change in computer technology back in the early years.
May 8, 2021 13:17:02 #
Haydon wrote:
If you're using a Windows 10 machine and assuming the storage drive is installed correctly, right click on your start button and choose "disk management". You should see your drive there. Right Click on the drive that isn't formatted (it should display it) and choose format. I'd recommend doing a quick format and ensure that NTFS is chosen for your file system. In less that a minute your drive should be ready.
bwa
May 8, 2021 16:00:43 #
Longshadow wrote:
He said he removed the old one and installed the new one, not added it.
May 8, 2021 16:03:25 #
Go to this site and download the WD Utils file and run it, it will see your D: drive and commission it.
https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?p=502&lang=en
https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?p=502&lang=en
May 8, 2021 17:44:19 #
John Hicks
Loc: Sible Hedinham North Essex England
One easy way out of your problem is to buy an external drive and plug in to a sub port having out your original D drive back in the computer and then copy and paste the data from the d drive to the external drive. Then delete the data on the d drive and start of with a clean drive again.
May 8, 2021 19:23:15 #
rck281
Loc: Overland Park, KS
You do not want a dynamic disk. Choose MBR (Master Boot Record). If greater than 3TB it will have to be GPT disk. After you partition the disk, you will be allowed to format it in NTFC.
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