Hi Darkwhyte,
Let me just cut to the chase....so you don't have to waste your time.
1. is the drive BRAND new....Yes??
2. then you MUST.... and I say MUST...."INITIALIZE" the drive FIRST !!!!! Otherwise yor puter will NOT "SEE" the drive. Go to the WEstern Digital site, download the drivers and software for it.
Look for the utility that formats and initializes the drive. It can usually be installed to a floppy.
The next thing you must decide is whether you want it for a "MASTER" or a slave drive. The next thing you want to do is set your bios to boot from floppy, AND make sure like one of the other guys said in another thread here, make sure your system "SEES" the drive. Once the bios can SEE the drive, you can use the WD Utility to format and initialize the drive. Once that is complete, you should be able to carry on with whether you want to slave the drive or master it.
I have a WD 74.3 Raptor myself and that is EXACTLY what I had to do. If you have any problems send me a post with your specs and I can help you further and step by step K?
paybax aka Mike
My system specs
Antec P180 PerformanceSeries mid-Tower
Asus A8N32 SLI mobo (bios version 1103 V02.58)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo Core, 2 X 1mb L2 cache (amd drivers w/MS hotfix)
2 gigs of Corsair TwinX3500LL Pro @ 437Mhz 2-3-2-6-1T
2- BFG 7900 GT OC 256mg in SLI (nvidia driver version 84.21)
Western Digital RAPTOR 74.3 gig 10-K rpm HDD for XP & apps
Maxtor SATA II 250 G HDD for gaming, movies, MP3's
Maxtor SATA II 250 G HDD for document backup (unplugged)
52 X sony cd rom
Plextor 708A DVD/cd rom
SeaSonic S12 600 watt power supply
Logitech Z 5500 digital 5.1 THX Surround 500watts
RealTek 97 onboard digital sound