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GrandslammerBD · 07-02-2009, 10:36 PM

I have installed a Western Digital 1TB SATA Hard Drive. My motherboard only supports ATA as standard so I went out and purchased the Rosewill RC209 SATA Card so I can have the capability to run the SATA drive. The problem is the hard drive isnt being detected and I think it has to do with the SATA Card. The hard drive isnt detected by the BIOS, or anything else. I have tried running the Windows XP installation but it says there is no volume present. I have tried changing the boot sequence in the BIOS without success. I think part of the problem is I cant install drivers for the SATA card because I cant run floppy drives on my system. I want to be able to install an OS on the 1TB Sata drive and remove my old IDE drive. The problem is once I remove my old IDE drive I no longer can boot the system. It just freezes up. Im really stuck. HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!!

07-02-2009, 10:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
GrandslammerBD Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 188 OS: Windows XP	Major Problem with SATA Card and Drive I have installed a Western Digital 1TB SATA Hard Drive. My motherboard only supports ATA as standard so I went out and purchased the Rosewill RC209 SATA Card so I can have the capability to run the SATA drive. The problem is the hard drive isnt being detected and I think it has to do with the SATA Card. The hard drive isnt detected by the BIOS, or anything else. I have tried running the Windows XP installation but it says there is no volume present. I have tried changing the boot sequence in the BIOS without success. I think part of the problem is I cant install drivers for the SATA card because I cant run floppy drives on my system. I want to be able to install an OS on the 1TB Sata drive and remove my old IDE drive. The problem is once I remove my old IDE drive I no longer can boot the system. It just freezes up. Im really stuck. HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!!