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Tumbleweed36 · 03-18-2008, 03:53 PM

First of all DO NOT plug the drive in while the computer is running unless you like replacing hardware that was not broken before you did this. That is a dangerous operation and can cause things to burn up.

Second, when you say you have sata drivers installed in XP, what exactly do you mean by that.

Questions:

Have you enabled Sata in the bios?

Did you slipstream the Sata drivers on an OS disk?

When you were ready to install windows, did you download the Sata drivers on a floppy for the F6 prompt?

Does the drive have anything on it?

Has it been formatted before?

We need to know what motherboard. Does your board support Sata1 only or Sata2?

Is your new drive a Sata2 drive or a Sata1 drive?

These things should assist us to know more about your situation. Post back and let us look at these issues.

03-18-2008, 03:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,655 OS: XP Professional	Re: Please Guys Help Sata Problems First of all DO NOT plug the drive in while the computer is running unless you like replacing hardware that was not broken before you did this. That is a dangerous operation and can cause things to burn up. Second, when you say you have sata drivers installed in XP, what exactly do you mean by that. Questions: Have you enabled Sata in the bios? Did you slipstream the Sata drivers on an OS disk? When you were ready to install windows, did you download the Sata drivers on a floppy for the F6 prompt? Does the drive have anything on it? Has it been formatted before? We need to know what motherboard. Does your board support Sata1 only or Sata2? Is your new drive a Sata2 drive or a Sata1 drive? These things should assist us to know more about your situation. Post back and let us look at these issues. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread. Last edited by Tumbleweed36; 03-18-2008 at 03:56 PM.