installed new hard drive and

bufmaz1 · 01-15-2007, 06:21 AM

hi all i installed a new hard drive and was working fine but slow since i went up to 160 gig western digital, but ram was only 256, so i added a 512(the right kind) and now when i fire her up she goes in i guess bios page where it shows memory and all that . it shows the new ram there but then it wont go to windows. it says start from cd , if i try to reinstall windows it says hard disk drivers not found , what gives, thanks, bufmaz1

95five-0 · 01-15-2007, 12:03 PM

While installing the RAM you may have knock something loose. Check the cable connections going to the motherboard and the harddrive. Let us know what you find.

**hwm54112** · 01-15-2007, 07:08 PM

if it's a sata drive, you have to press F6 when prompted to install sata drivers

bufmaz1 · 01-15-2007, 08:07 PM

how do i tell if sata

**kodi** · 01-15-2007, 08:17 PM

The data cable for a Sata drive is usually flat and about 1/2" wide while the cable for an EIDE drive is either a flat cable about 2to 2 1/2" wide or could be a round cable about 1/2" round

01-15-2007, 06:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
bufmaz1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4 OS: windows2000xp	installed new hard drive and hi all i installed a new hard drive and was working fine but slow since i went up to 160 gig western digital, but ram was only 256, so i added a 512(the right kind) and now when i fire her up she goes in i guess bios page where it shows memory and all that . it shows the new ram there but then it wont go to windows. it says start from cd , if i try to reinstall windows it says hard disk drivers not found , what gives, thanks, bufmaz1

01-15-2007, 12:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
95five-0 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Corinth, TX Posts: 1,339 OS: 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008	While installing the RAM you may have knock something loose. Check the cable connections going to the motherboard and the harddrive. Let us know what you find. __________________ "If it's really a supercomputer, how come the bullets don't bounce off when I shoot it ?" <<PC Pitstop>><< AVG Free>><<Spybot>><<Everest 2.0>><<Trend Micro House Call>><<HijackThis How-to>>

01-15-2007, 08:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
bufmaz1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4 OS: windows2000xp	hd how do i tell if sata

01-15-2007, 08:17 PM	#5 (permalink)
kodi Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 7,396 OS: Windows 7-Ultimate 64 Bit My System	The data cable for a Sata drive is usually flat and about 1/2" wide while the cable for an EIDE drive is either a flat cable about 2to 2 1/2" wide or could be a round cable about 1/2" round __________________ Brian

01-15-2007, 07:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
hwm54112 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,233 OS: WINXP	if it's a sata drive, you have to press F6 when prompted to install sata drivers