After installing this HDD, it won't show up as a drive in My Computer (Win 7). But it will show up in Device Manager. How do I initialize and format?
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You will have to right click on the actual disk volume and not the disk name
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Joseph. This is for the new Seagate Desktop SSDH; Go into-Disk Management-on L/S of showen HD, RGT CLICK and :Convert to GPT DISK: YOU MUST DO THIS 1ST BEFOR YOU FORMAT
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You need to download "DiscWizardSetup-16005840.en" form Seagate support site. Software will then format HD for use.
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Use the "Computer Management" window to partition and format the new hard drive. Click the Start button and search for Computer Management. Then click Disk Management on the left pane. Find the hard drive in the list of drives. Right click on it to create a partition and format it.
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If u right click on my computer, go to manage. Look under disk manager and see if the drive shows there. If it does then you should be able to right click on the drive and format it.
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It should recognize is, there should be an updated drive to view it. Check the Seagate website for that.
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You're using Windows 8! JK. It workes great on my Win 8 rig. The drivers it installs are for the HDD itself. Try using a different USB port. If that doesn't work check the Disk Management utility for your HDD and go from there.
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What kind of drive you plugging in, SATA or ATA? Before you plug it into USB everything must be all connected including being plugged into the AC. Then you must turn both switches on, then you plug it into your PC. I have Windows 7 64 bit as well, recognizes everything I throw at it.
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It must be formatted and partitioned in Windows. Go to manage your Start, Computer, Then select Computer on left screen, the Right click ; select manage and them select Disk drives ,the HD and select format. That should be close to the exact instructions.
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It should work. What do you mean not recognized? Can you not see the drive in Disk Utilities in order to format the drive?
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It wasn't viewable in any OS I tried all three,But the last solution here worked as I had to make new partition and quick format it and in this way it also gave it a drive letter.I did this on an XP machine and Now it worked.
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The light comes one but drive will not show up in the bios or device manager.
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Recently I added a drive with data to mine. and I was able to restore the data, Back it up and format the drive for a new use. it worked well. I was using windows 7, I am not sure of the format I believe it was NTFS.
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You need to reformat the drive to match your operating system.....directions are on the Iomega web site.
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you have to go into admin tools, computer management, storage, disk management. this is where you setup the hard drive.
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It has been formatted from the factory as NTFS which works with Windows OS, including Windows 7. No need to worry.
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As the others have said, it's just like hooking it up inside your computer as far as that goes. You can do the same things you could if it were installed as a permanent HDD, including formatting.
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I've would suggest not installing a previously used drive (assuming you have an old 5400rpm drive lying around, hence your question). When I installed a used drive (not formatted) it crashed the system. It only seems to like new, formatted drives. Mine does happen to be a 7200rpm WD
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It should show up in disk utility, and you can mount it then it will show up in Finder.applications>utilities>disk utility---see drive in left column > right click > click mountLet me know if this works for you.
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Look for "Computer Management" under "Administrative Tools" in the control panels. You may have to change the view in control panel to see this folder. Choose "View by: small icons." Choose "Disk Management" under the "Storage" icon in the left hand panel. Select your drive in the list of drives that appears. Right click on the drive in the list or go to the right hand pane and look under "More Actions." You may need to initialize your drive and or format it. I don't have a blank drive to try this on at the moment but that is the gist of it. Look for "Computer Management" under "Administrative Tools" in the control panels. You may have to change the view in control panel to see this folder. Choose "View by: small icons." Choose "Disk Management" under the "Storage" icon in the left hand panel. Select your drive in the list of drives that appears. Right click on the drive in the list or go to the right hand pane and look under "More Actions." You may need to initialize your drive and or format it. I don't have a blank drive to try this on at the moment but that is the... » Read More Look for "Computer Management" under "Administrative Tools" in the control panels. You may have to change the view in control panel to see this folder. Choose "View by: small icons." Choose "Disk Management" under the "Storage" icon in the left hand panel. Select your drive in the list of drives that appears. Right click on the drive in the list or go to the right hand pane and look under "More Actions." You may need to initialize your drive and or format it. I don't have a blank drive to try this on at the moment but that is the gist of it. « Show Less
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Hi Lori,You say you're unable to view anything on the drive but its recognized. Could you explain this more fully? Do any folders show up on the drive or anything?