external HD not assigned a drive letter

[quantum108]

I am having the same problem with the same gear, external
2.5" hard drive running on WIN XP pro. The drive shows
shows up in all configurations but is NOT assigned a drive
letter!?!? Therefore it does not show up in Explorer, and
can't drag and drop anything into/out of it. If you get
any information on this please let me know what/why.
Thanx.


>-----Original Message-----
>winxp, external 2.5" harddrive enclosure(bytepro),
>windows detects it when i plug it in but "there was a
>problem with the installation, your new hardware may not
>work properly". suspect (strongly) that i need to
>partition/format this drive. how do i if i cant see it in
>win.?
>.
>

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Right click on My Computer and select Manage. On the following screen,
click on Disk Management..... when it shows up on the right hand side of the
screen, assign it a drive letter.

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Cari
MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware
www.coribright.com
"quantum108" > wrote in message
...
>I am having the same problem with the same gear, external
> 2.5" hard drive running on WIN XP pro. The drive shows
> shows up in all configurations but is NOT assigned a drive
> letter!?!? Therefore it does not show up in Explorer, and
> can't drag and drop anything into/out of it. If you get
> any information on this please let me know what/why.
> Thanx.
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>winxp, external 2.5" harddrive enclosure(bytepro),
>>windows detects it when i plug it in but "there was a
>>problem with the installation, your new hardware may not
>>work properly". suspect (strongly) that i need to
>>partition/format this drive. how do i if i cant see it in
>>win.?
>>.
>>