The problem here is that the drive has not been "initialized" or formatted yet.
When you install a brand new HD into WinXP/Win2K, it gets detected in your system by the installation wizard and its drivers are installed. Normally you know this because it will inform you that a new drive has been installed and will ask you to reboot. However, upon rebooting you might not see a new drive show up in Windows Explorer.
First, check to make sure your drive is detected by Windows in the Device Manager:
Go to Start Menu > Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager
And find your drive under Disk Drives. If you do NOT find the new drive listed there, then there is an actual installation error.
If your drive is in Device Manager but NOT in Windows Explorer, you must check Drive Management:
From the Control Panel, get into Administrative Tools (if you are using Classic Mode you will see Administrative Tools right away, but if you are using Category View you will need to find Administrative Tools within the Performance and Maintenance option).
In Administrative Tools, go into Computer Management. There you should see the Storage section with the
Disk Management section.
Under Disk Management, on the bottom pane, scroll down until you see your new disk listed. It should display something like "not initialized". Right click and select to initialize or format the disk. From there you can follow the prompts.
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