Re: New SATA HDD wont show in My Computer
- From: Rory Deol <rdeol85@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:21:33 -0800 (PST)
On Jan 31, 12:00 pm, spodosaurus <spodosaurus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Rory Deol wrote:
I just installed a Western Digital SE16 750GB SATA hard drive into my
system and cant get it to show in my computer.
Did you use disk manager to partition and format it?
Struggling through some
ideas I installed XP on the system and got it to boot.
What was on it before? You said you added a drive and it didn't show up
in My Computer, which leads people to believe that a version of windows
(usually xp) was already there.
However, doing
so won't allow any of my other drives to show (Pioneer DVR a106, HP
1040d DVD, and two WD HD's 120slave & 40master)!
What drive did you install XP on?
This is a new build
You said before that you installed a SATA drive into a pre-existing
system with windows on it. Please make up your mind and be specific, it
helps people to help you.
and I had to upgrade to SATA from IDE because all of my old drives
were running IDE before I purchased two SATA/IDE converters.
So what's the exact configuration now, or will I see that below?
The
converters have been running smoothly on my DVD drives and the IDE
cable has been running on my HD's. On my first attempt I simply
plugged the new HD into the SATA on the Mobo and plugged in the power
cable. The OS recognized the drive but wouldn't show it it My
Computer.
Did you use "Disk Management" to partition and format the drive???
Device manager saw it and new hardware wizard found it. I
thought this was a master/slave issue so I installed the OS and made
my old HD's slaves.
Where did you RE-install XP??
Yeah, when all else fails just start randomly plugging and unplugging
things *sigh*
There is no master/slave scenario with SATA.
Still nothing. In fact now the PC wouldn't boot.
Because you haphazardly and hysterically buggered it up. Now decide
where you want your OS, where you want your data, etc etc. Then start
from scratch with the install. OR you can undo whatever the heck you did
(you haven't been clear) and return to the working configuration of
windows before you added the SATA drive.
I
would get to Windows screen and it would hang indefinitely. Here are
the configurations I can boot:
1. IDE: 40GB master, 120GB slave, and SATA converters: DVD's (Initial
config)
2. SATA: 750GB and SATA converters: both DVD's (this configuration
only worked once during OS install and now wont show the DVD's)
3. SATA: 750GB and nothing else (after install)
4. IDE: 40GB master, 120GB slave (what I am running now, system wont
see other components anymore)
Wipe the drives and start from scratch. If you're running winxp pre SP1
(or is it SP2?) then you may need to load a sata driver during install
(that little press F6 option) to get things running. Personally, I find
it much easier to slipstream SP2 so I get a better installation.
I am new to SATA, so is there some configuration issue that I don't
know about? I would put my SATA HD as a slave but the jumper
configuration says no such thing about this.
Haven't you done your reading? SATA is much easier than IDE.
Ideally though, I want
the 750GB to be my main drive that runs the OS. What could possibly be
causing this?
See above.
PC
CPU: E6750
Mobo: P5K-e Wifi
PSU: PC Power and Coolling Silencer Quad 750W
RAM: 2GB Crucial Ballistix
GPU: Leadtek 8600GT
ODD: HP 1040d DVD-RW, Pioneer A106 DVD-RW
OS: Windows XP Professional
SP1? SP2?
Thanks
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I always seem to leave something out of the description. Thanks for
the quick response. I have Windows XP SP2 on both the 40GB and the
750GB. The 40GB and 120GB were in my old system, hence the "new build"
old OS. Unfortunately, I did not use disk manager. Trust me, I'm
really kicking myself now for not doing so considering that it seems
like the first thing I should have done. I would really like to avoid
wiping my 120GB drive as it has all of my important data on it.
However, I have no problem dumping the 40GB. Would that bring me any
closer to a solution? Its good to hear that SATA is the easier
alternative, I was just thinking that there was some conflict with
running SATA and IDE drives at the same time. I thought about the SATA
drivers and figured that if my PC could boot successfully using only
the 750GB SATA drive that there was no issue. Also I have been using
the SATA converters for two weeks with no problems. For now I won't
worry about the missing DVD drives. My current config uses the 40GB as
the master and 120GB as the slave. This boots quite comfortably, just
not while the 750GB is installed. I will go home and troubleshoot some
more tonight as I really don't want to resort to wiping the drive. One
last issue, say I get the system to boot from the 750GB drive and
everything is great, what configuration do I use for the IDE hard
drives? Both slaves? CS?
.
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