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    HDD Ultrabay Problem

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by MyNameIsBrian, Jan 3, 2008.

  1. MyNameIsBrian

    MyNameIsBrian Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a 160GB 5400RPM Fujitsu SATA HDD in my ultrabay adapter for my T61p. The drive shows up in my device manager but it does not show up when I open my computer. Does anybody know how to make the ultrabay drive show up when I open my computer?
     
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  2. meekus

    meekus Notebook Consultant

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    Has the HDD been initialized and formatted? If not, it won't show up under Windows Explorer.

    Consider spying on the HDD's status using Disk Management snap-in of the Control Panel's Adminstrative Tools -- i.e. diskmgmt.msc
     
    meekus, Jan 3, 2008
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  3. Renee

    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    What meekus said.

    Right click on the task bar
    Select Properties
    Select the Start Menu tab
    Make sure that Adminstrative tools show
    In administrative Tools Select Computer Management
    In Computer Management Select Disk Management
    In Disk management you should see the disk
    You may then partition and format the disk after which explorer will see it.
     
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    MyNameIsBrian Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the help! Everything is working fine now.
     
    MyNameIsBrian, Jan 3, 2008
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