How to copy files on to a Portable Hard Drive?

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I have a toshiba 160 GB but when I plug it in but it does not show up on my tray, and when I go to move one of my files the portable hard drive is not a choice, its says no drives available, I have Vista if thats any help

Answer
If you go to computer from the start menu is it listed there? If the drive is new you might have to format it to hold data.

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To make use of it you need to create a partition on it and then you can format it and use it.
Open Disk Management tool (diskmgmt.msc) or right click My Computer and click Manage.
Select the disk, right click and create a New Partition, give a name and format it, it should appear on Explorer eventually.

Can a portable hard drive be formatted as a bootable USB?

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I know that Flash USB's are capable of being formatted into USB's that the computer can boot from the BIOS, but can the same be done with a Portable hard drive such as one from Western Digital (the passport types) ? And if so, will it completely work?

Thanks in advance!

Answer
yes, it will work perfectly. but there are procedures to be done. follow the steps

** creating a windows vista/7 bootable USB drive

* this can only be done using machines with vista or 7

* run command prompt as administrator

c:\diskpart

DISKPART> list disk

DISKPART> select disk 1 (assuming usb drive is disk 1)

DISKPART> clean

DISKPART> create partition primary

DISKPART> select partition 1

DISKPART> active

DISKPART> format fs=NTFS (this will format the usb drive)

DISKPART> assign

DISKPART> exit (this will exit diskpart command)

* insert windows vista/7 into ODD

c:\cd d:\boot

c:\boot\bootsect /nt60 g: (assuming usb drive is named g:)

* use windows explorer to copy all windows vista/7 files and folders from CD

* restart PC to be configured and locate BIOS setup & change the boot sequence to USB drive as priority

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