Need help with Sata and msi mobo

[Apocex99]

I just purchased a new Western Digital Sata hard drive.. and im trying to install it. I have a MSI k8n Neo mobo... it seems to detect it.. but thats about it.. windows thinks its like a USB drive. im going crazy... please help

 

[g-paw]

If you mean it shows up in Safely Remove Hardware, that's normal, have no idea why. If it's something else, let us know

 

[Apocex99]

well it said it cant find my hardware or whatever when it says new hardware.. and it doesnt show up as a drive on "my computer" i cant find it ..

 

[g-paw]

Go to Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Storage, Disk Management and see if it's there and has a drive letter assigned. If it's recognized, format it. If not recognized, go into the BIOS and make sure that it is set up to see the SATA drive.