Re: OEM hard drive questions -- PCTECH

Subject: Re: OEM hard drive questions
From: David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:16:27 -0500
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Dan wrote:

I'm guessing the OEM has only the drive, and nothing else. No
cables, CD-ROM setup, or instructions.

Yep.

But, since it's been a number of years since I've installed a hard
drive in an existing setup (and this would be the first SATA hard
drive), I am wondering what's involved in setting this up.

1. Install.
2. Partition
3. Format

Will the OEM drive come formatted?

Nope.

WIthout setup software, how does one format and partition new drives
nowadays in WinXP? Still opening up a command prompt and using
FORMAT?

No, use the disk manager.

Actually, IIRC, when the system sees the new disk and notices that it's not partitioned or formatted, it might just offer to set the disk up for you.

david

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