Hard Drive not recognized

iurytx · 12-16-2008, 11:20 PM

My dad just bought a new seagate 1tb hard drive off of Newegg. We installed it today and it wasnt recognized in the disk manegment thing. is it dead? This is the second attempt at adding a hard drive to his computer. The first one did the same thing

ukulele_ninja · 12-16-2008, 11:22 PM

Try plugging it into a different sata port and make sure all your connections are secure and plugged in correctly.

iurytx · 12-16-2008, 11:36 PM

Just tryed that right now and still nothing

ukulele_ninja · 12-16-2008, 11:59 PM

What are the specs of the PC?

It may just be bad hdd...

iurytx · 12-17-2008, 12:49 AM

its a Dell dimension 8400
Windows XP
Cpu-P4 630
RAM- 3gb DDR2-667
HDD- WD 160gb

StrangleHold · 12-17-2008, 01:44 AM

When you booted up the first time did windows recognize the drive. (new hardware found)blah blah blah

iurytx · 12-18-2008, 10:31 PM

no

techie211 · 12-26-2008, 06:21 PM

you need to install the SATA drivers for that RAID controller. Press F6 after booting off XP disc(at start of blue screen) then press 'S'. Second option(ACHI)

l8r

techie211 · 12-26-2008, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by techie211

you need to install the SATA drivers for that RAID controller. Press F6 after booting off XP disc(at start of blue screen) then press 'S'. Second option(ACHI)

l8r

EDIT: oops sorry, thought it was a single install

StrangleHold · 12-26-2008, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iurytx

no

Look in your Device Manager and see if there is a yellow ! point.

12-16-2008, 11:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
iurytx Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: CT Posts: 111	Hard Drive not recognized My dad just bought a new seagate 1tb hard drive off of Newegg. We installed it today and it wasnt recognized in the disk manegment thing. is it dead? This is the second attempt at adding a hard drive to his computer. The first one did the same thing

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ukulele_ninja VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ohio Age: 23 Posts: 4,197	Try plugging it into a different sata port and make sure all your connections are secure and plugged in correctly. __________________ http://raptr.com/badge/7183de702f2e4...bbc43e0/fs.png

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12-17-2008, 01:44 AM	#6 (permalink)
StrangleHold VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 11,175	When you booted up the first time did windows recognize the drive. (new hardware found)blah blah blah __________________ NZXT Apollo S75QB 750W ZEROtherm FZ120 Phenom II 720BE (X4) 3.5GHZ. Gigabyte GA MA790X UD4P G Skill DDR2 1066 4GB. MSI GTS 250 Seagate 7200.12 500GB. Welcome to the show

12-26-2008, 06:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
techie211 New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2	you need to install the SATA drivers for that RAID controller. Press F6 after booting off XP disc(at start of blue screen) then press 'S'. Second option(ACHI) l8r Last edited by techie211; 12-26-2008 at 06:45 PM.

12-16-2008, 11:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
iurytx Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: CT Posts: 111	Just tryed that right now and still nothing

12-17-2008, 12:49 AM	#5 (permalink)
iurytx Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: CT Posts: 111	its a Dell dimension 8400 Windows XP Cpu-P4 630 RAM- 3gb DDR2-667 HDD- WD 160gb

12-18-2008, 10:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
iurytx Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: CT Posts: 111	no

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