sata hard drive not recognized

e3ugxc1 · 01-04-2008, 07:10 PM

i tried to install another dvd drive and know the hard drive is not being recognized. what could be the problem.

philb7 · 01-04-2008, 07:46 PM

Take out the DVD. Lets do one issue at a time. In your bios make sure that it is set to recognize SATA. It may be set for EIDE only. Check tour cables, primary = 0 and secondary = 1. Or the connectors may be marked Primary and Secondary. Varify any jumper settings on the hard drive. You didn't say if this is a new hard drive or one that worked before. Some Bios will not recognize HDs over 137GB and you will need to use the disk manager CD that came with the HD as a boot during initial setup. It will create a partition compatible with you bios so that you can do your OS install. Set bios boot to go to your CD first, HD second. After OS install use the HD CD again in Windows to create the larger extended partition so you can use its full capacity. If all is well, then install the DVD. Do not put the DVD on EIDE primary or '0' as it may confuse the bios.

dai · 01-04-2008, 08:31 PM

check you did not dislodge the sata cable fitting the dvd drive

01-04-2008, 07:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
e3ugxc1 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1 OS: xp	sata hard drive not recognized i tried to install another dvd drive and know the hard drive is not being recognized. what could be the problem.

01-04-2008, 07:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
philb7 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 68 OS: WIN XP SP2	Re: sata hard drive not recognized Take out the DVD. Lets do one issue at a time. In your bios make sure that it is set to recognize SATA. It may be set for EIDE only. Check tour cables, primary = 0 and secondary = 1. Or the connectors may be marked Primary and Secondary. Varify any jumper settings on the hard drive. You didn't say if this is a new hard drive or one that worked before. Some Bios will not recognize HDs over 137GB and you will need to use the disk manager CD that came with the HD as a boot during initial setup. It will create a partition compatible with you bios so that you can do your OS install. Set bios boot to go to your CD first, HD second. After OS install use the HD CD again in Windows to create the larger extended partition so you can use its full capacity. If all is well, then install the DVD. Do not put the DVD on EIDE primary or '0' as it may confuse the bios.

01-04-2008, 08:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 53,628 OS: vista 32x 64x ultimate retail	Re: sata hard drive not recognized check you did not dislodge the sata cable fitting the dvd drive __________________