Hi Andrew,
"Andrew E." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Usually in the BIOS you'd set to "enhanced mode or combined mode" in
> advanced chip set-integrated peripherals,or similiar.
I didn't spot anything there - it's an Award BIOS, btw - but I *did*
spot that the drive detection was set to 'auto' rather than 'Large'.
> Also,many times,one
> needs to download the mfg DOS utility from the hd mfg,then run the burn-in
> utility(s),or format the hd,this gets some data on the drive so xp
> recognizes it.
Thanks for your help.
Formatting the HDD is the sticking-point - I can see it in 'My Computer'
(all the time, now that I've fixed the BIOS a bit better), but formatting
attempts always end in 'format was unsuccessful' OWTTE.
> Also,download the SATA and chip set utilitys for the board from the mfg
> who
> made them,intel,etc..
Yes - I found that the installation disk didn't match the motherboard,
so I went to the FoxconnChannel site anf downloaded the latest offerings.
One more question - I've taken it for granted that a SATA drive can be
formatted and used on its own, rather than as part of a RAID or JBOD set -
but is that actually correct? I can't see why not - but then, I'm a newbie
with SATA, so I could be wrong about that as well.
Cheers,
Philip
>> Can anyone tell me where I'm going wrong, please? I'm trying to add a
>> 300 GB SATA HDD to an XP Pro unit which already contains three IDE HDDs.
>> I've tried every way I can find to create and format any sort of
>> partition
>> on this drive - and all methods have failed ('all' being DISKPART,
>> Computer
>> Management in 'Control Panel ... Administrative Tools', Partition Magic 7
>> and Windows Explorer - where sometimes the drive appears, then it
>> doesn't,
>> then it does again. All I get at the end of an attempt to format the
>> drive
>> (by any method) is 'format unsuccessful' or words to that effect. SATA is
>> enabled in BIOS, and is set to IDE rather than RAID ... all I want to do
>> is
>> to use the drive as a large scratchpad for video projects, formatted
>> under
>> NTFS.
>>
>> Any light that anyone can shed would be most welcome - I'm stuck, and
>> have been for a week.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Philip
>>
>>
>>
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