Getting SATA HDD to Native Mode?

demonicult · 04-25-2008, 05:01 AM

I had this problem since long time but never needed a desperate solution as such now I want.

First let me tell you what exactly is wrong. Few months back when I was trying to Boot from Vista DVD for installation, my HDD didn't get detected. Rather I tried 2-3 times and later all was fine. I used Vista for a while. In between while I was trying to dual boot for Linux the same problem occurred, again I tried loads of time and finally it worked. But this time it isn't working. My HDD isn't getting detected.(This time too dual boot). I am currently posting with my Windows XP SP2 running smoothly.

My friend just messaged me to set my SATA HDD to Native mode and the problem will be solved. Now I don't know how to do that

and that friend of mine is kinda busy to reply.

So please help me

.Heres my required RIG details.
Mobo- ASUS M2N MX SE
Processor- AMD ATHLON X2 5200+
RAM- 1GB DDR2 667Mhz
HDD- WD1600 160GB SATA

Sorry for my bad language. Have the silly habit of those chat syllables.

04-25-2008, 05:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
demonicult Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: India Posts: 7 OS: Windows XP SP2/Windows Vista/Linux	Getting SATA HDD to Native Mode? I had this problem since long time but never needed a desperate solution as such now I want. First let me tell you what exactly is wrong. Few months back when I was trying to Boot from Vista DVD for installation, my HDD didn't get detected. Rather I tried 2-3 times and later all was fine. I used Vista for a while. In between while I was trying to dual boot for Linux the same problem occurred, again I tried loads of time and finally it worked. But this time it isn't working. My HDD isn't getting detected.(This time too dual boot). I am currently posting with my Windows XP SP2 running smoothly. My friend just messaged me to set my SATA HDD to Native mode and the problem will be solved. Now I don't know how to do that and that friend of mine is kinda busy to reply. So please help me .Heres my required RIG details. Mobo- ASUS M2N MX SE Processor- AMD ATHLON X2 5200+ RAM- 1GB DDR2 667Mhz HDD- WD1600 160GB SATA Sorry for my bad language. Have the silly habit of those chat syllables.