Techie Help Req: PC Not Recognizing External H/D

[Holden MacGroyn]

Well chaps, I'm slightly ready to kick my pc out of the window.

Today, I decided to get an external drive in the shape of an empty external box and a Maxtor 250g internal as I was told it would work out cheaper.

Now the thing is, my PC wont recognize the new drive with a letter.
It shows up in the device manager and says it's working properly but I for the life of me can't get it assigned a letter and without that, I can't do anything.

Can anybody out there help me as I'm going nuts with this.

I've looked across the net with varying answers but nothing that is working for me.

[R18 DVD Shop]

Assuming you are running W2K or XP can you see the drive in disk manager? If you can, can you assign it a drive letter through that?

FWIW I had major problems with one of those DIY firewire external drives a few years back to the point that I just gave up - I know they are a little more costly but buying a complete unit is so much easier!

Jay

[Holden MacGroyn]

I can see the drive but there is no way for me to assign it a drive letter.

It's so fucking bastard annoying.

[Holden MacGroyn]

Hang on chaps... I think I may have cracked it.
Forgot to sort out the gaylord partition.

I feel like Moses.

[rrankin]

If you are still stuck I suggest you try (if you haven't already) the control panel option , assuming you are using XP.