200 Gig and XP Pro drive issue

[ed]

I have XP pro and a WD 200G drive. Bios shows the drive,
Windows shows the drive under device manager but I cannot
seem to use it or format it. It is not available to
select for format or partition.

Any suggestions?

Thanx

[Steve C. Ray]

You can boot from the XP CD. It has all the tools you will need to partition
and format.

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"ed" > wrote in message
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> I have XP pro and a WD 200G drive. Bios shows the drive,
> Windows shows the drive under device manager but I cannot
> seem to use it or format it. It is not available to
> select for format or partition.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanx

[Mordred]

Go under Administrative Tools > Computer Managemetn >
Disk Management. The drive should be visible, but have
no letter assignment. Enable the drive and it you can
partition and format at will.

ed wrote:
> I have XP pro and a WD 200G drive. Bios shows the drive,
> Windows shows the drive under device manager but I cannot
> seem to use it or format it. It is not available to
> select for format or partition.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanx