BIOS won't recognize my harddrive :\

U r using this drive as a secondary drive right? Make sure you set the drives jump to the slave. There should be an array of pins on the drive around where the IDE ribbon attaches. 2 rows one with 5 pins one with 4 pins. 2 pins should be covered with one plastic cap. On one side of the drive there should be a diagram of where the cap is supposed to go for each mode. Make sure its set to slave. U can pull the cap off with your fingers it doesn't take much force but sometimes I have to use a pair of tweezers or pliyers to get it off cause its small.

If that don't work download a disk diag from samsung burn it to a CD and run it check the disk for errors. http://www.samsung.com/global/busi [...] _drive.zip

One error during the scan means the drive is bad.

If that doesn't work could have a bad IDE ribbon cable they cost about 10 bucks.

GL

Thanks for the responses, I'll give this a shot when I get home (working right now).

To clarify a bit though...

No I am not trying to use it as a secondary drive, it is supposed to be the main drive for this computer. But if the jumper is set to slave and it is the only drive connected, would that explain my motherboard not recognizing it at all? Because what is happening is neither BIOS, or Windows install disc, or anything else is even realizing that there is a harddrive connected whatsoever...

As far as the drive being bad, I might try that too, but like I said I connected it to another computer a few days ago and it booted up without an issue, so I doubt that is the case.

Starting to think it wasn't worth trying to flake on $30 for a new harddrive lol, maybe I'll head by Circuit City after work and just buy a new one at least to see if it works. Could always return it if I get the Samsung going...