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    HELP: X201 HD problem with Ultrabase

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by derektoronto, Sep 21, 2010.

  1. derektoronto

    derektoronto Newbie

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    I just bought the X200 Ultrabase for my X201. I installed a Seagate 640 2.5" HD via "ThinkPad Serial ATA Hard Drive Bay Adapter III (43N3412)" into the right side bay.

    The Windows 7 device manager sees it under harddrive but I cant see it in my file manager.

    Any help would be amazing!
    Thanks!
     
    derektoronto, Sep 21, 2010
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  2. erik

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    welcome to the forum!

    it's possible the drive hasn't been initialized and formatted.   go to start > run > diskmgmt.msc.   find the drive in the list, right-click the drive, and create a new partition.   it will walk you through the process.

    if you don't have the 'run' option enabled in your start menu, winkey + R will open it.
     
    erik, Sep 21, 2010
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  3. guiri_too

    guiri_too Notebook Consultant

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    Yep, they usually don't come formatted and I've had this happen to me many times and this is prolly the problem :)
     
    guiri_too, Sep 23, 2010
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