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Yep, that's normal. XP needs to init a fresh drive before it has a place to store partition info.
1) Initialize drive. (as basic, not dynamic, unless you're into s&m.)
2) Create partitions.
3) Format partitions.
4) (maybe) assign drive letters if they aren't to your liking.
As for the a/c, bummer. The btu rating could be optimistic. Going for 9000 may be better or worse. Same brand? Should be better relative accuracy. Could you extend the drain to a larger bucket? Say a 2-5gal gas can?
Biggest help when I was using the small units was to start early. The 2nd day was much better. Expensive, but only a week or two per year wasn't bad.
Weird things I've seen people do: (or so I've heard)
-Create sheet walls for smaller virtual rooms. A single roll of clear plastic goes a long way towards fugly comfort.
-Put large window units on a cart outside (on their deck?), ported in through window with dryer or hvac hose/ducting. Don't let _anyone_ on your deck.
-Start saving for house with central air.
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There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195
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