SATA Drive, what am I doning wrong?

BKSinAZ · 11-10-2007, 07:39 AM

I am currently working on my mom's HP Pavilion DV5000 notebook.
I just purchased a new Western Digital SATA hard drive and I am attempting to replace it. I've replaced 100's of IDE hard drives into desktops and laptops before, but this is my first SATA. When I boot off my Windows XP Pro installation disk and attempt to install XP, it states something like "no hard drives were found installed on this computer, can not continue with install". When I go into the bios and disable the SATA, the computer recognizes the drive. This is confusing. Is the SATA suppose to be enabled when using a SATA hard drive? Also, is there suppose to be a driver with a sata drive?

**manic** · 11-10-2007, 08:07 AM

When using a sata drive, in a non raid enviornment you need to disable
raid in bios. If using the drive as a single drive you need to tell bios
to treat the drive as ide, which by disabling sata in bios you are
probably doing. Im guessing at that, but it would make sense to me.
Some boards do require a sata driver, not all. Go to manufacturer web
site and check. Dont get the raid driver confused with a sata driver.

BKSinAZ · 11-10-2007, 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by manic

When using a sata drive, in a non raid enviornment you need to disable
raid in bios. If using the drive as a single drive you need to tell bios
to treat the drive as ide, which by disabling sata in bios you are
probably doing. Im guessing at that, but it would make sense to me.
Some boards do require a sata driver, not all. Go to manufacturer web
site and check. Dont get the raid driver confused with a sata driver.

OK... I think your correct. When I disable SATA in bios, things seem to work better. There is nothing for RAID in the bios, is that unusual?
So, in the future, how do I determine if I will need a SATA driver? The driver, do they come with the computer/new mobo or come with a hard drive? no drivers came with my new hard drive so I take it that normally they would come with the computer or mobo, right?

**manic** · 11-10-2007, 08:34 AM

Yes usually supplied by the manufacturer of motherboard. As far
as raid goes, not always a option for all boards, but sata is looking
like the norm nowadays.

11-10-2007, 07:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
BKSinAZ Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 104 OS: XP Pro	SATA Drive, what am I doing wrong? I am currently working on my mom's HP Pavilion DV5000 notebook. I just purchased a new Western Digital SATA hard drive and I am attempting to replace it. I've replaced 100's of IDE hard drives into desktops and laptops before, but this is my first SATA. When I boot off my Windows XP Pro installation disk and attempt to install XP, it states something like "no hard drives were found installed on this computer, can not continue with install". When I go into the bios and disable the SATA, the computer recognizes the drive. This is confusing. Is the SATA suppose to be enabled when using a SATA hard drive? Also, is there suppose to be a driver with a sata drive? Last edited by BKSinAZ; 11-10-2007 at 07:55 AM.

11-10-2007, 08:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
manic Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 5,232 OS: xp	Re: SATA Drive, what am I doning wrong? When using a sata drive, in a non raid enviornment you need to disable raid in bios. If using the drive as a single drive you need to tell bios to treat the drive as ide, which by disabling sata in bios you are probably doing. Im guessing at that, but it would make sense to me. Some boards do require a sata driver, not all. Go to manufacturer web site and check. Dont get the raid driver confused with a sata driver. __________________

11-10-2007, 08:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
manic Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 5,232 OS: xp	Re: SATA Drive, what am I doning wrong? Yes usually supplied by the manufacturer of motherboard. As far as raid goes, not always a option for all boards, but sata is looking like the norm nowadays. __________________