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| 326072 | 2005-02-18 01:42:00 | I've installed a serial ATA drive (200GB) on my pc but is not recognised by the pc. Checking the BIOS it was also not picked up there either. I have checked Seagate website and followed their installation advice and troubleshooter but not happened. I have doubled checked my cables and they all seem to be fine. Doers someone have some advice or come accross the same problem? Kind Regards | eds (7357) | ||
| 326073 | 2005-02-18 02:17:00 | Is SATA onboard?? Have u connected the data cable and the power to the SATA hdd? The cable that comes with a SATA is only data not power. If the BIOS doesnt pick it up, it doesnt sound like you have power going to it. Also, what operating system are you using?? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 326074 | 2005-02-18 02:27:00 | Yes, SATA is onboard and I have connected both serial cable and power cables(after getting an adapter cable). My thoughts were also that it could be a power problem; I shall recheck the terminals to make sure contact is perfect. Speedy, I have just read your responses to "hamstar" -06/02/2005 and have got a lot out of there. At work at the moment and will check tonight when home. Thanks. If I'm still stuck after tonight, I send another post. Regards :) |
eds (7357) | ||
| 326075 | 2005-02-18 12:47:00 | In the BIOS setup I have changed the following and my new SATA harddrive apears as a third primary master but it still does not appear in My Computer. It is now also present in Device Manager. Integrated Preipherals: under " on-chip IDE Configuration "I have enabled S-ATA (keep enabled). Anything else I should do? Many thanx. |
eds (7357) | ||
| 326076 | 2005-02-18 23:20:00 | What operating have u got? I take it the SATA isnt the hdd with the operating system on it?? If you're using XP, or windows 2000, you'll need at least SP1 or 2 for XP, and SP3/4 for 2000, to read the whole hard drive . I take it the hard drive isnt formatted yet either, since you cant see it . If you have XP, go to control panel / admin tools / computer management / disk management . Look for the SATA entry here . If it is there, and u see an entry saying unallocated, you can higlight the entry and initialise / format it . Also, if u have 2000 or XP, it'll be better if u format it in NTFS, NOT FAT32 . On the other hand, if u dont have 2000/XP/NT, (you have 98, or other), it maybe a bit trickier for it to find all of the hard drive . You may have to partition it into 6 or so partitions . . . . . . And it has to be formatted in FAT32, NOT NTFS . As 98 cant read NTFS partitions . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 326077 | 2005-02-19 06:24:00 | Speedy Ihave done all of that and my new SATA drive is up and running. Thank you. Eds |
eds (7357) | ||
| 326078 | 2005-02-19 06:49:00 | Cool good to hear its up and running Eds!! :thumbs: | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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