How to initialize a disk.

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• How to initialize a new disk

  The HARD drive in question is listed in my Manager device but said it is not initialized, how do I do this?

  Hi Priyer,

  1. What is the full message in device for a new hard drive Manager?

  To initialize new disks, follow the steps below

  (a) click on start menu and type diskmgmt.msc in the search box and press on enter.

  (b) in disk management, right-click the disk you want to initialize, and then click Initialize Disk.

  (c) in the dialog box initialize the disk , select the disk to initialize. You can choose to use the master boot record (MBR) or the style of partition GUID partition table (GPT).

  New disks appear as not initialized. Before you can use a disk, you must first initialize it.

  Also, make sure that the new hard drive has a drive letter assigned.

  Change, add, or remove a drive letter

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/change-add-or-remove-a-drive-letter

  I hope this helps!

  Halima S - Microsoft technical support.

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• Satellite Pro P70 - Has: 2nd invisible HARD drive - how to initialize the 2nd HARD drive

  I have a P70 - A. Satellite Pro
  'Primary' hard disk failed, and has been replaced by the service centre.

  Now, only the main hard drive is shown and the Service Center said that I had to 'initialize' the second hard drive to make it visible. They assure me that the hard drive is there, just hidden.

  How can I make visible?
  How do I initialize it?

  Usually, you can initialize the disk by DiskManagement.

  In disk management, right-click the disk you want to initialize and then click on initialize disk.
  In the dialog box initialize the disk, select the disk to initialize.
  You can choose to use the master boot record (MBR) or the style of partition GUID partition table (GPT).

  Once a disk is initialized, you can create partitions on it.
  After you create a partition, you can format the partition to create a filesystem (NTFS).

• I can't initialize the disk for my new external hard drive

  I can't initialize the disk for my new external hard drive because the drop-down list in the Disk Management Console does not give me this option. I'm logged in as an administrator and running Windows XP.  The driver for the new hardware is not digitally signed because I can't initialize the disk.  So I can't get my new hardware to run.  Does anyone have any ideas on how I can get the option "Initialize disk" in the Disk Management Console?

  Hello Honduras1,

  Can you simply right-click and format everything first?  The drive must be formatted before use, make sure that you format NTFS.

  See you soon

• How to check the disk in El Capitan?

  Hello

  In El Capitan disk utility is not my favorite.

  How can I check disk in El Capitan?

  Thank you

  Get over it and use disk utility.

  Otherwise, open Terminal.app and use the command 'diskutil. "

  C.

• How to make a disk image of work for my windows 98se boot (original is long dead)

  How to make a disk image of work for my windows 98se boot (original is long dead).  I have a copy of Windows 98SE bought new off the years of the plateau.  I now have a 64-bit system, so I can't run it natively, but I discovered that I can't even run at all, because I don't have a working bootable floppy!  I thought that the CD is bootable, when I used it a long time ago, but now it does not start if I have used the disk? Anyway, can I get a driver Microsoft w/CD install/bootable disk, or do I have another decent resource?

  Thank you. You can contact me to the * address email is removed from the privacy *.

  http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

• How to clean my disk overloaded space in C drive? Almost complete. Says "low disk space". Thank you in advance.

  How to clean my disk overloaded space in C drive?  Almost complete.  Says "low disk space".  Thank you in advance.

  I'd be interested to see a report of Disk Defragmenter. Open Disk Defragmenter and click analysis. Select view report, and then click Save as and save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents folder. Open the file, and place the cursor anywhere in the file, select Edition, select all to select all the text and copy and paste into the body of your message. To do this, before you run Disk Defragmenter because it is more informative.

  Follow a few basic maintenance note.

  1.5 the tool provided in Windows to remove unwanted temporary files is disk cleanup. To access this tool select Start, all programs, accessories, System Tools, cleaning disk to emptying your trash, delete temporary Internet files and other selected options. I recommend also you click Other Options, System Restore and delete all but the last system restore point. You must then run Disk Defragmenter.

  1.6 using the system restore option is most appropriate when your system is slow and you need to increase the free disk space on your C partition. If you have errors that could be solved by using the system restore to your system settings back to before that the error occurred initially, do not use this option.

  1.7. If more than one person uses the computer and they have their own user log you need to run Disk Cleanup in each user profile that you want to delete all the unwanted files.

  1.8. a better alternative program to disk cleanup is cCleaner. The freeware version works well for a home user and must be downloaded from Piriform program provider:
  http://www.CCleaner.com/download

  1.9. When you open cCleaner you will see four large icons to the left of the window. Here's cleaner them, registry, tools, and Options. For routine maintenance, you normally acceding Cleaner (this is not the mentioned registry cleaner later). When using for the first time only, you can accept the default settings.

  1.10. some observations on the parameters. On my computer, I do not have the boxes before the passwords saved selected. In a less secure environment, you could check this option and set cCleaner to run automatically when the computer starts. You also cannot check the boxes in front of shortcuts from the Start Menu, desktop shortcuts and historical form. You must check the boxes according to your needs. Bad first time options causes irritating no disasters.

  1.11. the second icon that you see when you open cCleaner's registry. A reserve many experienced users have about cCleaner, it's that it comes with a registry cleaner. This tool should not be used. By using a registry cleaner, but it is the case, provides significant benefits and there is always the risk of creating insoluble system errors, which cannot be resolved by reinstalling the operating system and all that that implies. You will avoid any possible problem of not not by clicking on the Save icon.

  1.12 the third icon that you see when you open cCleaner is tools. If you click this icon, it gives you access a routine plus service options. The first two tools are uninstalled and commissioning. I do not use these tools, preferring to use other software options. The third tool is the restoration of the system, which is covered in the next paragraph. The fourth tool is Wiper Drive and you will find reviews about this tool later

  1.13 removing the system restore points can be important if you have little free disk space. The ability to delete them is one of the tools options. You can selectively remove those created in less important moments. This makes it easier to hold the restore points for long periods without keeping large unwanted files, whose inflexible approach to disk cleanup fails to offer.

  1.14. you can't remove the last restore point using the cleaning disc or cCleaner. If the last restore point contains malicious software, you can turn off and then turn on system restore. This has the disadvantage that restore all points are removed when you want to keep more restore points that are not infected. How to get round this problem is to create a new restore point when you are satisfied with your computer is free of malware and then remove the infected restore point.

  1.15. in normal circumstances, you probably rarely need to use Driver wiper. However, there are situations like if you gave the computer to someone else, then the tool may be useful. Please note that the wiper Drive, opening, generates a warning message, which should not be dismissed lightly. Using wiper Drive for the wrong reason could have serious consequences.

  1.16 the fourth icon is labeled Options. Many configuration options are available here. You can configure cCleaner to run when start you but remember that this will slow down the boot. Another setting allows you to include or exclude cookies. Yet another allows files named to exclude.

• How to choose the disk defrag for several devices in windows? Using Norton 360 do now.

  Hello.

  I was wondering if in Win XP or Vista, is there a way to disk defragment multiple devices?

  I go in disk defrag at the moment and can only do one disc at a time. I have run more than one player internal (and some external drives). So I need a bit of an automated process to turn it on and leave it alone. I use this option in Norton 360, it works fine as far as I can tell. But I guess that a windows application is more accurate or complete.

  Dual boot: Xp Home Edition 32-bit/Vista Home Premium 32-bit, portable: Vista Home Premium 64-bit.

  Thank you.

  Hello

  The version of the Disk Defragmenter MMC console is provided with Windows XP this the following limitations:
  a. it can defragment only local volumes.
  b. it can defragment only one volume at a time.
  c. it cannot defragment one volume while it is an another scan.
  d. it cannot be scheduled. If you need schedule disk defragmentation, use the Defrag.exe command-line tool.
  For more information on the use of the Defrag.exe command-line tool, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  Description of the new Defrag.exe included with Windows XP command line
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/283080/en-us

   
  For addiitonal information, refer to the article below:
  How to defragment your disk Volumes in Windows XP
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/314848
   
   
  Hope this information was useful.

  Thank you, and in what concerns:
  Shekhar S - Microsoft technical support.

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• How can you recover disk space occupied by the updates of Windows XP, leading up to the installation of Windows XP SP3? __

  How can you recover disk space occupied by the updates of Windows XP, leading up to the installation of Windows XP SP3?

  SP3 after Installation Cleanup - http://www.aumha.net/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=33827 MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - Don ' t Panic!

• Non-destructive how to convert dynamic disks to basic disks

  I instaled vista today (wd70gbwd disk0) but my (hd500g wd disk 1 backup) is offline in the management of the computer, only that I have is to transfer to the BASE. Now disk is DYNAMIC cause I had win xp before, I know that I can do but there is problem, I have too many pictures and videos on my HARD drive that I keep wonna... .so is the solution for my online HARD drive without formatig my HARD drive?

  If the solution is to get out them and transfer them or copy my hard drive via the external enclosure then format then copy it again no thanks... causes I have no external box or another xp at the mercy House!

  Non-destructive how to convert dynamic disks to basic disks

  go here and follow step by step

  http://mypkb.WordPress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/

• 5.4 OpenManage cannot initialize new disks PowerEdge 840

  I'm bored of Array Manager. I think Openmanage is a poor substitute.

  I have a new Dell PowerEdge 840 Server with two disks SAS and SAS 5i/R controller of berries in a mirror Raid-1 (made in hardware)

  I have installed OpenManage 5.4 WITH the storage option.

  I put two new hard drives SAS I want to initialize and create another virtual disk of Raid-1.

  OpenManage sees the drives (loans and OK but not online) and gives me two options under tasks "Blink" and "Unblink.

  Now when I put two drives in my component Snap Server PowerEdge 1600SC Array Manager 3.6 MMC 3 years, I could create a virtual disk from the operating system.

  What happens with Array Manager. Why he let do this to me?

  What is going on? Why can't initialize new disks and create a virtual disk?

  It comes to my main server. I can't take it offline for 10 hours initialize disks.

  I went into Windows disk management and that he sees the drives but I don't want a Software Raid.

  Thank you

  Lara

  
  

• How to clean my disk space on LR mobile? The app on my iPad said: I have 26 GB stored two photos only 149

  How to clean my disk space on LR mobile? The app on my iPad I have 26 GB 27 GB stored. But I only 149 photos in two folders.

  Hi J.Forsberg,

  The images that you have on LR Mobile, they synchronize from LR Office or are they film.

  If they come from LR Desktop then images don't take up much space because they only thumbnails that are created.

  Also please check on your iPad app consumes the most space: https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT201656

  Please let us know if it helps.

  Kind regards

  Tanuj Sandal

• How to free up disk space for the database file

  Hi experts BDB.

  I use bdb4.6.21 transaction Btree access method, found that after vacuum db db-> truncate, the size of the db file has changed. How to free up disk file db space? It can be configured?

  Thank you

  Min

  Hi Min,

  What Mike says is that you do not expect that the empty space after an operation of truncation (for example a delete or update that empties a page) in the database (empty pages) to return to the file system and therefore to see the physical file size decreases.

  The next section of the documentation explaining this: required disk space

  Space released by removing the key/data pairs in a Btree database or Hash is never returned in the file system, even if it is reused when possible. This means that the databases Btree and hash are to develop alone. If enough key is deleted from a database which shrinks the underlying file is desirable, use the DB-> compact() method to recover disk space. Alternatively, you can create a new database and copy the folders of the former into it.

  
  

  So, as Mike suggested, you can dump and reload the data into a new database, or copy data from the existing/old database to a new (to remove the old database and rename a new one the old name), or you can try to compact the database using the method compact().

  If you use compact(), then in order to force the return of empty for the file system pages when possible, use the DB_FREE_SPACE flag and try to avoid using an explicit transaction (use a NULL tnxid pointer, so this BDB will use internally of several transactions that will be engaged periodically to avoid locking large sections of the tree).

  When you use the compaction in order to free up space and return pages from database empty in the file system that it is generally recommended to repeat Compact with a value low 'compact_fillpercent '.  In addition, the following output statistics fields in the structure DB_COMPACT, compact_pages_truncated and compact_pages_free should be examined to determine if there is a point, continuing to run the compaction with the same compact_fillpercent.  If the values are strict positive it is then compact() calling again with the same compact_fillpercent (and specify the DB_FREE_SPACE flag).  The compact algorithm allows a single pass on the pages of the database;  pages so not empty at the end of the file will prevent the free pages (which are placed on the free list) to be returned to the file system.

  Kind regards

  Andrei

• How to initialize the sample application in Planning 11.1.2.2

  Hello
  
  After creating the sample application in Planning 11.1.2.2, how to initialize it.

  Connect to the application, the Administration > Application > manage applications
  Select the application, click Action > initialization.

  See you soon

  John
  http://John-Goodwin.blogspot.com/

• How to add ASM Disk to Disk Group that is displayed as a MEMBER?

  Hello
  
  We have a Production Oracle RAC on HP - UX. We have two disk groups for Arcive (ARC_DISK) and the other for Database (DATA_DISK).
  
  Today, I wanted to add another 200 GB of disk space to DATA_DISK group.
  
  I opened DBCA and did not find the new drive in the option "show the candidates." But after that the administrator modified Unix ownership and permission to drive, it has been shown in the option "show the candidates." I chose this drive and continued but got an error later because we changed the ownership and permission of the 2nd Unix server. After doing this, when I opened DBCA to add disk, nothing does not appear in the option 'Show candidates', but when you click on "Show All", the new drive is listed as MEMBER (header status) but not assigned to a disk group.
  
  I would like to know how to distribute this disk (which is already displayed as a MEMBER) to DATA_DISK - ASM diskgroup. It is a system of production database.
  
  Rgds,
  
  Thiru

  Gr8.
  Good to hear that.