Windows XP HD problem Closed

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Hello,  I recently purchased a new WD hard drive for my ultimate TV (DVR if you don't know what that is) because I thought the HD was bad.  Well the drive wasn't the problem it was the motherboard, so I have another UTV unit that works fine and I wanted to install the new drive into the other UTV.  It appears that UTV marry's the drive to the first machine it is placed into.  So I removed the HD and plugged it into my desktop to reformat the drive.  

When I plug the drive in and start the PC windows XP finds the new device and loads it in device manager but it doesn't assign it a location (drive letter) it is listed a 0 drive in device manager.  In the disk management screen this drive is not listed so I cant delete the partition or reformat it. Is there a way to reformat a drive or wipe all the stuff n it other than going through disk management?  Obviously the UTV formatted the drive in such a way that windows doesn't like what should I do?




Configuration: Windows XP / Firefox 3.6.10

sharpman · Answer

go here,

http://www.madboot.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=13&Itemid=28

you may be able to use this disk to fdisk the hdd so that windows can get at it again.

Coroner25 · Answer

Thanks for the reply sharpman, will this disk work even if Windows is not assigned the drive in question a letter.  that seems to be the problem device manger says it's working fine but I can't access the drive anywhere.

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