hidden HDD

I apologize but I cannot find where to post my question
my situation is this:
1 Bought a new internal drive
2 going to use it as a drive for windows 7
3 my xp64 wont see it
4 my linux live can see it
5 linux live wont format the drive in any fs, it gives and error about mounting
6 finally my question how do i format the new internal drive when windowsxp64 wont see it?
Thanks and sorry again for posting in the wrong thread

 

Hi,

I'm thinking the mounting error may be because there is no partition created before you try to format.

Which linux Cd are you using? Does it include Gparted? Gparted should be able to create a partition and then format the partition.

 

my live ubuntu 7.10 does not have the gparted service on it
can i dl the gparted live to the already live boot usb drive?

 

I'm not familiar with ubuntu. Does it have a software package installer? You should be able to open the installer and search for "gparted" and it will find the package, download it, and install.

You can try this command: http://ubuntuguide.net/install-graphical-partition-editor-gpartedin-ubuntu-linux and see if it works.

 

I am not sure what it has just a live cd that allows me to fix some problems with windows, i do not know linux very well.

 

Do you wish to boot gparted Live from a CD or flash drive?

 

You are way back on version numbers since the current one is ubuntu 11.

But try the command sudo apt-get install gparted at a Terminal prompt. Terminal can be found at (Applications->Accessories->Terminal (or you may also find it with an icon that looks like a black computer monitor.)

That should initiate the install process.

If you still have problems I can boot up to Ubuntu but I only have the latest version 11 so my desktop will likely look different than yours.

 

@sach2, I may be wrong but I think the OP was saying he uses a LiveCD of Ubuntu which has no Gparted on it and he is looking for a LiveCD of Gparted.

 

How big is the drive?

 

750g

 

Where is XP not seeing it? My Computer or Disk Management? or both?
Right click My Computer and select Manage, then select Disk Management or go to start>run> diskmgmt.msc

 

Good point. I was thinking the Win7 CD wouldn't see the drive. Definitely, take a look in Disk Management in XP see if the drive shows up. Then, if seen, you can create a partition and format it.

 

I feel dumb for not checking, ill do that now.......not showing up in disk management.hmmm a gparted live usb key?

 

Yes, go ahead and just put gparted on a USB drive. You can always put your Ubuntu back on the USB later.

Live Linux Creator will put either Parted Magic or Gparted Live on a USB flash very easily. Both contain gparted program. Parted Magic includes a desktop and ability to get online for only a slightly larger download ~150mb compared to ~120mb for gparted alone.

 

I am trully blessed to get hep from such experts thank you very much i hope you have a great xmas and Cthulhu doesn't bother you much

 

I put a partition table on it with parted magic
the booted the other live key and formatted it but i am unsure that that worked, I still cannot see the drive in xp64, there is no master and slave issue with sata, so im curious i had to reset the the boot order back to my xp drive
the system boots up and the bios gathers the data and tries to hand it off to the empty drive
to sum up
1 used parted magic live to create a partition table (not sure of success)
1 used ubuntu live 7.10 to format the drive (not sure of success)
i am very tired and not thinking to clearly , what did I mess up
or
what should I do now?

 

my MOBO is a gigabyte p45t-es3g, its is less than a year old.
the part size shouldn't matter.
i see what you mean about older boards though.
xp64 is on a 150g drive
my externals is a 1T drive does that matter?

 

My lack of linux experience cause the error
I have it done correctly
Thank you all