Hi Patricia, As you've already seen, most external drives are plug and play, so you don't need to do anything else when you plug in the drive.
I do recommend you do something before you do anything with the drive. After you've plugged in the drive, go to the My Computer icon on your desktop, press enter on it, highlight the external drive, and press alt+enter to get to the properties. Virtualize the window, and arrow down through the information to see what the drive is formatted as. If it says anything but NTFS, like FAT or FAT32, then you need to re-format the drive before you use it. FAT and FAT32 are more unstable then NTFS, that's why most drives are formatted in NTFS. To format the drive, press escape to close the virtual window, and escape again to get out of the drive's properties. If the drive is still highlighted, press the applications key, and arrow down to format... It will give you the option of which format to format the drive in, at which point, you select NTFS, and make sure the size of the drive is correct. Tab to the start button, and have at it. Smile. Victor Co-moderator Blind Movie Buffs List Guidedogs List Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
