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SATA drive, why can't I see it?

I've just connected up an 80GB SATA drive to my system. (Also running an old 12GB drive on IDE.)
The PC spots it during boot up, but will not show it when XP has loaded.

Have I missed a step out??
Waddle you do eh?

Comments

  • L400ras
    L400ras Posts: 153 Forumite
    didnt think you could mix SATA and IDE....

    prove me wrong, people.... prove me wrong....
    This is not an automated signature. I write this at the bottom of every message
  • Have you formatted the drive? If not go into control panel and click on computer management disk management and format your hard drive from there.
    sata hard drives come on their own cable and connect to the motherboard, they are not like ide cables as they are really thin.
    I'm not poor i'm just skint
  • VincentVega
    VincentVega Posts: 209 Forumite
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    You can mix SATA and IDE quite happily. You could even have a SCSI hard drive if you wanted.

    Perhaps an obvious question, but have you formatted the drive?

    You can do this by choosing Start>Run and typing "diskmgmt.msc". This should show the SATA drive and allow you to create and format a partition. (I'm typing this on my Mac so I can't tell you the exact steps to take.)
  • I just said that, Have you formatted the drive? If not go into control panel and click on computer management disk management and format your hard drive from there.
    Dont people read around here lol
    I'm not poor i'm just skint
  • zak1976
    zak1976 Posts: 352 Forumite
    But it's not showing in disk management, But it shows in the RAID software and on boot up! (So I can't format it!!)
    Waddle you do eh?
  • zak1976
    zak1976 Posts: 352 Forumite
    Oh, typical PC.

    Finally shows up, better late than never eh???? lol


    Cheers for the tips
    Waddle you do eh?
  • Leg@cy
    Leg@cy Posts: 48 Forumite
    SATA HDD's are not as 'plug & Play' as an IDE HDD

    Quite often you require a Driver to enable it to function with XP.

    You can visit either your motherboad manufacturers website or the HDD manufacturers website.
    There you should find compatible drivers to enable your SATA drive to bee seen after 'bootup'

    I've been there.......

    When installing XP on a NEW Sata HDD, XP asks at the beginning if you want to load '3rd party drivers' and if so you have to Press 'F6'(From memory - i think it's worded a bit different)

    After it has loaded a load of files it then prompts you to load the SATA drivers.

    Hope this helps you on your quest to get it sorted.....

    :)
    Don't forget to THANK ME !! :D
  • Poppycat
    Poppycat Posts: 19,899 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Yes you may need a driver I did for mine, as I have both IDE and SATA. I also needed an adaptor for power to convert a IDE power cable to one a SATA connector needed.
  • zak1976
    zak1976 Posts: 352 Forumite
    And now its showing as unallocated, where is the option to format to NTFS cause I can't see it!
    Waddle you do eh?
  • zak1976
    zak1976 Posts: 352 Forumite
    Ah, got it........
    Waddle you do eh?
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