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| Thread ID: 104395 | 2009-10-26 05:37:00 | new hard drive not recognized | smithinator (15240) | Press F1 |
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| 824281 | 2009-10-26 05:37:00 | i have an old asus p5ad2-e premium lga 775 motherboard and a 40gb IDE hard drive recently i have purchased a new 500gb wd caviar black sata drive but when i put it in it just came up with the single 40gb drive and did not display or recognize the 500gb hard drive, what should i do? :badpc: P.S i dont know what Bios version i have i just thought id mention it i dont know if it matters, if you need more info just ask |
smithinator (15240) | ||
| 824282 | 2009-10-26 05:39:00 | You will probably need to format it. Run>diskmgmt.msc From there you can format it to NTFS and partition till your hearts content. Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 824283 | 2009-10-26 05:41:00 | i am running xp professional sorry for got to mention | smithinator (15240) | ||
| 824284 | 2009-10-26 05:44:00 | That means you won't be able to partition from disk management but you can still format. If you want to partition use Gparted:) Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 824285 | 2009-10-26 05:49:00 | when i go to disk management it only shows the 40gb drive but there is no sign of my new drive | smithinator (15240) | ||
| 824286 | 2009-10-26 05:59:00 | Ok. Does your BIOS detect the drive? Can you hear it spinnning? All cables plugged in correctly? |
Blam (54) | ||
| 824287 | 2009-10-26 06:00:00 | Go into the BIOS, on the main page, under IDE configuration, make sure the SATA is set to Standard IDE. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 824288 | 2009-10-26 06:09:00 | where in the bios can i see if it is detected i have been through it though and no sign of it anywhere ill check to see if its set to standard ide | smithinator (15240) | ||
| 824289 | 2009-10-26 06:15:00 | it is set to standard ide | smithinator (15240) | ||
| 824290 | 2009-10-26 06:16:00 | If it is not recognised in the BIOS then either your cables are not fitted correctly or the drive is faulty. Can you hear it spin? |
Blam (54) | ||
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