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To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (75505)	5/31/2011 11:46:39 AM
From: PMS Witch	Respond to of 110581

Oops! Drives connected through USB differ from internal drives or those connected using eSata. My earlier message was appropriate for internal or eSata drives, but because I wrote it from memory instead of recording the steps and feedback while actually doing the work, my message contained some inaccuracies. I'm writing this message as I go along, so hopefully, it'll be more accurate. Internal disk. . . When DiskMgmt.MSC executes, it detects the UnInitialized internal disk immediately and opens an Initialize Disk window. By default, the new disk is selected, as well as a partition style. Simply click the OK button. Initialization is instant, and the window closes. Before initialization, DiskMgmt.MSC displays the disk with a red down-arrow, Unknown, its size, Not Initialized, and Unallocated. After Initialization, DiskMgmt.MSC displays the disk icon without the red down-arrow, as Basic, its size, Online, and Unallocated. At this point, the rest of the process is the same for both an internal drive or if we'd plugged in a Clean USB drive. Clean drives appear in Disk Management as Online, Removable (if it is), and Unallocated. Right-click the area where it says Unalocated and choose New Simple Volume. A Wizard will take you through the process and offer to format the drive. You can pick sizes, file systems, a drive label, and letter. If you choose Quick Format, the Wizard finishes in a second or two. I hope this clears any misunderstanding. Cheers, PW. P.S. I assume anyone using an SSD would have it installed internally, so it would act as a non-removable disk. A USB connection would throttle the SSD so severely, it would not provide any performance advantage over a much less expensive magnetic disk drive. However, an SSD in portable enclosure would be far more robust machanically than a magnetic drive and could prove useful in extreme environments. P.P.S. For today's experiment, I used Windows 7 Ultimate, 32-Bit.