Unrecognised Hard drive

[gonesy]

I have just installed a second SATA Hard Drive and although it is recognised in the Bios and in the drvice manager section of the control panel when I go to my computer it just isnt there. I have tried to setup Vista on this drive and I get a message saying that this drive is un-allocated. How can I get this drive to be recognised so that I can use it. I am currently running XP and the MOBO is an ASUS P5N32-SLI SE DELUXE. Any help greatfully received.

 

[g-paw]

Is there a drive letter in Disk Management? If not, give it one. Also, format it. Run the diagnostic/repair software from the hdd mfg website

 

[gonesy]

I am a bit new to this, sorry to be ignorant but where can i find disk management?

 

[g-paw]

Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, and it's under Storage

 

[LoneEagle]

1) Right-Click "My Computer" (on the desktop or the Windows menu).
2) Choose "Disk Management".

 

[g-paw]

1) Right-Click "My Computer" (on the desktop or the Windows menu).
2) Choose "Disk Management".

Nice short cut, thanks

 

[gonesy]

thanks for the advice my brothers! all working thanks to you

 

[g-paw]

Got to like happy endings

 

[harpert]

I just purchased a WD SATA II drive and installed it in a SATA-to-USB 2.0 enclosure I previously used for a SATA I drive. I've been editing wedding/event and industrial videos part-time on my system for the past 3 1/2 years. The data and power connections are still the same. I'm running Windows 2000. The board is pre-SATA hence the use of the SATA-to-USB 2.0 enclosure. I would have purchased a SATA I drive, but they're no longer available at the place where I purchased the drives. Disk Management in Win 2000 doesn't recognize the new SATA II drive located in that enclosure box. I'm not sure if the box is either incompatible or I need WD software to format the drive. Is there something I need to do to make the SATA II drive appear as a SATA I drive? I've been to Western Digital's site looking for any information on that. My MSI motherboard BIOS (circa 2003) might not work for drives above 320 GB. Any suggestions?

 

[harpert]

I went to http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1409&p_created=1138290141#jumper (Opt 1 at bottom of drive configurations). I noticed I need to put a jumper across pins 5 and 6 to convert my SATA II drive (300 mb/s) to SATA I (150 mb/s) compatibility.