Aria 250GB Media Centre Help!

[MC831]

Hi! i purchased the 250gb media centre last week (arrived friday) and i'm having a bit of trouble setting it up.
When i connect it to my USB the computer recognises it and everything seems fine but when i go into 'my computer' the drive is nowhere to be seen.

has anybody experianced this problem? can anybody help me?

i've emailed customer support & i'm currently awaiting a reply, thought i'd try this forum in the meantime.

Thanks :)

Marty

[Micky007]

Hi,

The hard drive needs to be Initialized, follow these simple steps to do this:

1. Click Start / Settings / Control Panel
2. Click Administrative Tools / Computer Management.
3. In Computer Management, click the Plus next to Storage to make it a minus.
4. Under Storage you should now see Disk Management, click this icon.
5. Within this window you should see the drives being detected by Windows.
6. Within this window you should see a drive that is unallocated (probably drive 1), right-click this drive and click \"Initialize Disk\".
7. Once the drive has been Initialized, right-click the drive and click \"New Partition\". In the partition wizard you should be asked the Partition Type; specify primary, the partition size; specify the full drive capacity, the drive letter; specify the drive letter you wish to have the drive to be, and the format partition; specify NTFS or FAT32.

This should resolve your issue.

Thanks,
Michael Walmsley

[MC831]

Excellent, i will try this when i get home.

Thanks for your help!

:D

[Anonymous]

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[MC831]

All is working now!

Thanks for your help guys