New WD hard drive not detected !!

bindudhindsa · 11-06-2007, 03:17 AM

i have purchased western digital 500gb sata hard drive yesterday ..but when i tried to attach it with my PC and tried to install windows..it shows error message ..system is not detecting any hard drive. i checked connections again ....i reserched it on interenet and noticed lot of people had same problem with western digital hard drive. but i did't get any good reply. so could you please help me out how can i fix this ..
thanks
bindu

Tumbleweed36 · 11-06-2007, 03:22 AM

Is it sata or an ide drive? How do you have it hooked up?.... if an ide drive, what channel, the primary or secondary? Is there anything else on the cable? where do you have it located on the cable, the middle or the end?

bindudhindsa · 11-06-2007, 06:15 AM

thanks for ur reply tumbleweed ...its a SATA drive 7200RPM ..there is nothing else on the cable ..if u have any questions please let me know
thanks again ..

Tumbleweed36 · 11-06-2007, 09:48 AM

Sata drives are quite often just not making connections with the ribbon cable. So, make sure that yours is.....I use cable ties on mine that I sell to make sure they don't wiggle loose which is quite common.

Does it see the drive in the bios setup menu of just not later on? Have you enabled Sata in the Bios setup menu? Did you load drivers at the F6 prompt? Many of these drives require that.

11-06-2007, 03:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
bindudhindsa Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 157 OS: XP home	New WD hard drive not detected !! i have purchased western digital 500gb sata hard drive yesterday ..but when i tried to attach it with my PC and tried to install windows..it shows error message ..system is not detecting any hard drive. i checked connections again ....i reserched it on interenet and noticed lot of people had same problem with western digital hard drive. but i did't get any good reply. so could you please help me out how can i fix this .. thanks bindu Last edited by bindudhindsa; 11-06-2007 at 03:23 AM.

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Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 18,026 OS: XP Professional	Re: New WD hard drive not detected !! Is it sata or an ide drive? How do you have it hooked up?.... if an ide drive, what channel, the primary or secondary? Is there anything else on the cable? where do you have it located on the cable, the middle or the end? __________________ ---------- 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.

11-06-2007, 06:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
bindudhindsa Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 157 OS: XP home	Re: New WD hard drive not detected !! thanks for ur reply tumbleweed ...its a SATA drive 7200RPM ..there is nothing else on the cable ..if u have any questions please let me know thanks again ..

11-06-2007, 09:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 18,026 OS: XP Professional	Re: New WD hard drive not detected !! Sata drives are quite often just not making connections with the ribbon cable. So, make sure that yours is.....I use cable ties on mine that I sell to make sure they don't wiggle loose which is quite common. Does it see the drive in the bios setup menu of just not later on? Have you enabled Sata in the Bios setup menu? Did you load drivers at the F6 prompt? Many of these drives require that. __________________ ---------- 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.