A technician has just installed a new hard drive into a Windows Vista desktop computer. The hard drive does not appear in Windows Explorer. Which of the following should the technician perform NEXT to have the drive recognized by the system?

A. Initialize and format the hard drive through Disk Management
B. Reboot the system
C. Assign a drive letter to the hard drive through Disk Management
D. Configure the drive in the systems CMOS program

Answer: A. Initialize and format the hard drive through Disk Management

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