Unallocated hard drive.

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by rosss, Jan 9, 2009.

  1. rosss

    rosss Specialist

    I plugged a external HD via USB. It does not show up on the My Computer but it shows up on disk management as Unallocated.

    Has anyone every seen this?


    Thanks.
     
  2. Petaluma

    Petaluma First Sergeant

    Unallocated space is empty space --
    You need to format it to whatever you are using XP or ?
    Then it will just recognize it and allow you to use it.
     

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