[RESOLVED] [XP] New SATA Drive not initialised
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  1. January 16th, 2007, 07:06 AM #1
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    Resolved [RESOLVED] [XP] New SATA Drive not initialised

    I have a brand new (4 weks old) HP xw4400 workstation running XP SP2.
    I installed a new drive ST3500641AS (this drive was recommended by HP for my workstation) but I have the following issue.
    The disk appears on Device Manager/Disk Drives (as does my primary disk) but when I select properties/Volumes for the new drive, it states that the status is "Not Initialized". I am sure there is a simple explaination for this.
    When I booted the workstation after installing the new drive, I was not offered any options on boot up to configure this drive.
    Device manager does not offer me any options to format or partition this drive, so I am at a loss as to where to format this drive and therefore (hopefully) make it available.

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  2. January 16th, 2007, 07:57 AM #2
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    Hi and Welcome to Virtual Dr.

    You need to go into Control Panel|Admin Tools|Computer Management|Storage|Disk Management|And format the drive from there.


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  3. January 16th, 2007, 08:07 AM #3
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    Thanks Liam. I knew it would be simple.
    All working fine now.

    Many thanks for your speedy response
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  4. January 16th, 2007, 04:30 PM #4
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    You're Welcome.


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