How to initialize new HDD? Not found anywhere (as admin).
Vista 64 Home Premium.
Where is the tab/command to initialize (fdisk?) a new HDD? I am logged in as Administrator (system says so) with full control/permission. I can see the hard drives in the Device Manager/Disk Drives. All drives are "good" per the controller and I can see them as physical devices on the computer. They all show as "Not Initialized" when I ask each to populate the Volumes info, and there is no obvious/apparent way to do it. Nothing on the controller shows it either. Tried "Simple New Volume" under Disk Management-- doesn't/won't work because drive is not initialized.... One drive = one big partition = one drive letter. |
How to initialize new HDD? Not found anywhere (as admin).
Gerald Abrahamson wrote in
: Vista 64 Home Premium. Where is the tab/command to initialize (fdisk?) a new HDD? I am logged in as Administrator (system says so) with full control/permission. I can see the hard drives in the Device Manager/Disk Drives. All drives are "good" per the controller and I can see them as physical devices on the computer. They all show as "Not Initialized" when I ask each to populate the Volumes info, and there is no obvious/apparent way to do it. Nothing on the controller shows it either. Tried "Simple New Volume" under Disk Management-- doesn't/won't work because drive is not initialized.... One drive = one big partition = one drive letter. Have you checked out "Start - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Storage - Disk Management"? |
How to initialize new HDD? Not found anywhere (as admin).
On Fri, 16 May 2008 00:02:02 GMT, propman
wrote: Gerald Abrahamson wrote in : Vista 64 Home Premium. Where is the tab/command to initialize (fdisk?) a new HDD? I am logged in as Administrator (system says so) with full control/permission. I can see the hard drives in the Device Manager/Disk Drives. All drives are "good" per the controller and I can see them as physical devices on the computer. They all show as "Not Initialized" when I ask each to populate the Volumes info, and there is no obvious/apparent way to do it. Nothing on the controller shows it either. Tried "Simple New Volume" under Disk Management-- doesn't/won't work because drive is not initialized.... One drive = one big partition = one drive letter. Have you checked out "Start - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Storage - Disk Management"? Start--yes. But no Administrative Tools unless I do a search for it (comes up under Accessories in Windows--long tree). Then I get a repeat of what happened before--no "Initialize" option (using your path from that point). Just "Simple New Volume" or other options I don't want. I get this path by simply right-clicking on "Computer" and then "Manage". System says I am sole Administrator with full control/rights and there are no other users (according to User Control Panel, anyway). |
How to initialize new HDD? Not found anywhere (as admin).
Gerald Abrahamson wrote in
: On Fri, 16 May 2008 00:02:02 GMT, propman wrote: Gerald Abrahamson wrote in m: Vista 64 Home Premium. Where is the tab/command to initialize (fdisk?) a new HDD? I am logged in as Administrator (system says so) with full control/permission. I can see the hard drives in the Device Manager/Disk Drives. All drives are "good" per the controller and I can see them as physical devices on the computer. They all show as "Not Initialized" when I ask each to populate the Volumes info, and there is no obvious/apparent way to do it. Nothing on the controller shows it either. Tried "Simple New Volume" under Disk Management-- doesn't/won't work because drive is not initialized.... One drive = one big partition = one drive letter. Have you checked out "Start - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Storage - Disk Management"? Start--yes. But no Administrative Tools unless I do a search for it (comes up under Accessories in Windows--long tree). Then I get a repeat of what happened before--no "Initialize" option (using your path from that point). Just "Simple New Volume" or other options I don't want. I get this path by simply right-clicking on "Computer" and then "Manage". You can use Simple New Volume to partition your hard drive .....one big one or multipartition. From the beginning of your enquiry, it sounds like the new harddrive was already multipartitioned.....each partition just needs to be formatted (which you can also do from drive manager). Here's a URL you might want to check out concerning initializing and resizing partitions in Vista: http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/show...47&mode=linear |
How to initialize new HDD? Not found anywhere (as admin).
On Fri, 16 May 2008 03:03:01 GMT, propman
wrote: Gerald Abrahamson wrote in : On Fri, 16 May 2008 00:02:02 GMT, propman wrote: Gerald Abrahamson wrote in : Vista 64 Home Premium. Where is the tab/command to initialize (fdisk?) a new HDD? I am logged in as Administrator (system says so) with full control/permission. I can see the hard drives in the Device Manager/Disk Drives. All drives are "good" per the controller and I can see them as physical devices on the computer. They all show as "Not Initialized" when I ask each to populate the Volumes info, and there is no obvious/apparent way to do it. Nothing on the controller shows it either. Tried "Simple New Volume" under Disk Management-- doesn't/won't work because drive is not initialized.... One drive = one big partition = one drive letter. Have you checked out "Start - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Storage - Disk Management"? Start--yes. But no Administrative Tools unless I do a search for it (comes up under Accessories in Windows--long tree). Then I get a repeat of what happened before--no "Initialize" option (using your path from that point). Just "Simple New Volume" or other options I don't want. I get this path by simply right-clicking on "Computer" and then "Manage". You can use Simple New Volume to partition your hard drive .....one big one or multipartition. From the beginning of your enquiry, it sounds like the new harddrive was already multipartitioned.....each partition just needs to be formatted (which you can also do from drive manager). Here's a URL you might want to check out concerning initializing and resizing partitions in Vista: http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/show...47&mode=linear Finally found it whew !!. The new drive is shown in two parts on a single line--not one part. In order to Initialize, you have to right-click on the left-most block (Disk 0, Disk 1, etc)---NOT the area to the right of that left-most square block (where I was clicking). Now I have four HDDs formatting g, and no clue how long THAT will take.... Thanks to all who contributed. SUCCESS AT LAST (I hope !!). |
How to initialize new HDD? Not found anywhere (as admin).
Gerald Abrahamson wrote in
: Here's a URL you might want to check out concerning initializing and resizing partitions in Vista: http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/show...47&mode=linear Finally found it whew !!. Good to hear...... :-) The new drive is shown in two parts on a single line--not one part. In order to Initialize, you have to right-click on the left-most block (Disk 0, Disk 1, etc)---NOT the area to the right of that left-most square block (where I was clicking). Seems to be a common point of confusion from what I had been reading! |
Hey thanks for posting that. I had the same issue and couldn't figure out that i had to click on the left side as well.. (duh)
All is good. Glad i found this forum! |
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How to initialize new HDD? Not found anywhere (as admin).
For all vista users looking to initialize their new hard drives. This solution was extremely useful and so simple. I wasted hours trying to figure this out clicking on the white space and getting that frustrating error message before reading this thread and clicking on the correct gray tab. This ridiculously simple solution should be more accessible to the newbie. Just a thought. I know I'm not alone with this -- ebonypower |
How to initialize new HDD? Not found anywhere (as admin).
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