WD SATA HD

[zcwilkins]

So I was trying to install this drive as the boot drive, which I found impossible, so I re-installed XP on my IDE drive (just upgraded mobo, ram, and cpu) and now the SATA drive doesn't even recognize in windows.

The drive doesn't show up in "my computer" nor is found through the "add hardware" operation. It does, however, show up in the taskbar's "safely remove hardware" function.

How can it find it there, but nowhere else?

Anyone know how to fix this issue?

 

[alanore]

Sounds like its been setup as a remove able disk. Did you get any SATA drivers with it?

Go into the device manager and change the disk so it no longer set as a removeble disk.

 

[zcwilkins]

It came with no drivers, just the drive in a static bag. I tried the gigabyte sata controllers with a fresh-install, but it kept telling me there was no drive (left the ide drive disconnected).

The drive isn't recognized as removable storage either...

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: zcwilkins
So I was trying to install this drive as the boot drive, which I found impossible, so I re-installed XP on my IDE drive (just upgraded mobo, ram, and cpu) and now the SATA drive doesn't even recognize in windows.

The drive doesn't show up in "my computer" nor is found through the "add hardware" operation. It does, however, show up in the taskbar's "safely remove hardware" function.

How can it find it there, but nowhere else?

Anyone know how to fix this issue?

You have to go in to disk management to enable, partition, and format the drive. What did you find impossible about installing windows on the SATA drive?

 

[zcwilkins]

I downloaded the sata controller for my GA-K8N-SLI and put them on a floppy to use during the initial loading for the XP installation, they loaded fine, but when it got to the point where you partition the drive, it wasn't found...