Question about Toshiba (HDD2188) 80 GB Hard Drive

HDD2188 cannot display its volume

My usb harddisk which I have partitioned it into 2 cannot display the volume after I reinstalled my Windows XP with service pack 2. How will I be able to see these volumes I have in my USB HDD2188 now? My laptop is Toshiba Tekra. I already installed my usb drive but why is it my USB HDD cannot be browsed?

Naheem Santos Jul 10, 2007

Good idea to format a harddisk via disk managment. Yes, my USB 2.0 HDD (Toshiba) 80Gb is new and should be plug and play right? Meaning, once it was inserted on a usb port the windows should show a drive and be able to format it. But the problem was that the windows do not show any drive for it. So formatting the drive cannot be possible. There should be drive first before to format.

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Hi, You might need to format them. Right click on MY COMPUTER, select MANAGE. Go to DISK MANAGEMENT, then to the right pane of the window, go to the usb drive and format each partition. This is only if your hard drive is new and has no data. If it has data, then it's a different problem and solution altogether. Thanks, Lolita

Posted on Jul 09, 2007

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