SATA HDD woes

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:12 am

Okay, just got a large (640GB) Western Digital HDD, and I hooked it up as a SATA HDD. Odd thing is, despite the fact that all the jumper settings are okay, the power supply and SATA cables are connected properly, it doesn't show up in My Computer. Heck, when XP started up, it found it as new hardware; even the Device Manager knows it's "there", but only as a logical drive. What the crap?! (BTW, it was an OEM HDD, so, it didn't come with software). BIOS even detected it with no problems, so why doesn't it show up? Do I need to format it, or what?

whicker · Post by **whicker** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:53 am

sigh.

there is nothing wrong.

right click on the my computer icon, select manage.

go find and open "disk management" in the storage tree.

find your unallocated space. right click. select new partition.

yadda yadda yadda.

Kiki KaiKai · Post by **Kiki KaiKai** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:14 am

neo_bahamut1985 wrote:SATA HDD.

jumper settings

what?

Post by **odditude** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:27 am

Current SATA drives usually have a jumper to limit them to 1.5G operation, so they work with finicky older SATA controllers (especially VIA 8237/8237R). There are usually other jumpers labeled DO NOT TOUCH ME!!! as well.

whicker · Post by **whicker** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:35 am

and just to add, XP doesn't do anything automatically because it DOESN'T KNOW what you want to do with it. Do you want more than one partition? do you want to format it? Was it just accidentally plugged in? Did the computer boot off the wrong drive? etc.

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:36 am

Yeah, I didn't know that I was supposed to go into the management section, saying as, I didn't install the previous HDDs (this was my brother's PC, so, he did it). Now I know...sorry if I pissed anyone off.

whicker · Post by **whicker** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:37 am

I like easy questions.
This was an easy question.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:50 am

Didn't this drive come with instructions and a CD? Every drive I've ever bought has.
I usually laugh at them, but you're exactly the kind of person they're targeted at: Someone who's never built a computer in his life.

Post by **odditude** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:56 am

Just be glad we didn't tell you to use DISKPART in console mode.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:02 am

odditude wrote:Just be glad we didn't tell you to use DISKPART in console mode.

Hmm?
*checks*
Whoa... they got rid of FDISK... I'm not sure how to take this...

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:21 am

Gil_Hamilton wrote:Didn't this drive come with instructions and a CD? Every drive I've ever bought has.
I usually laugh at them, but you're exactly the kind of person they're targeted at: Someone who's never built a computer in his life.

It was an OEM HDD, so no.

megamanzer0 · Post by **megamanzer0** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:31 am

what's funny is I had this same "problem". good thing Google was there to help.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:17 am

Gil_Hamilton wrote:Didn't this drive come with instructions and a CD?

The last time I bought a hard drive, it didnt come with instructions and a CD. I don't think it even came with screws. It was in a static bag, wrapped with bubble wrap. In a box.

Curse you newegg.

I.S.T. · Post by **I.S.T.** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:20 am

Don't curse newegg, curse yourself. newegg only sells OEM drives. They state that the drive is OEM quite clearly, and even say that there is no box, CD or manual.

Your fault for not looking.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:23 am

Okay then, that explains that...

Still, it doesnt matter. I still had a seagate disk from my other seagate drive (I did buy a seagate btw), and even still, it was going in a Linux machine and I know how to setup drives in Linux.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:31 am

Seeing people never touch fdisk in their life should learn to start getting a clue.

Kajuru · Post by **Kajuru** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:38 am

I hate the fact XP always leaves 8mb behind when partitioning/formating.

Truth Unknown · Post by **Truth Unknown** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:30 am

That's one aspect where Vista has over XP, no leftovers, well from what I can tell.

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