can someone offer me help?

[Darren]

I have had Windows Xp installed long time now. I have just purchased a new
sata hard drive and require it to be used as data only.
I have all IDE drives currently installed and just this one independent Sata
drive. I have found the driver from the motherboard site but windows doesnt
see it add new hardware. What is the procedure to follow to get the computer
to recognize it?? I have checked the bios and Sata drives are enabled..
I want to keep windows on my current Ide drive.

Thanks one and all

 

[JohnO]

I have had Windows Xp installed long time now. I have just purchased a new

sata hard drive and require it to be used as data only.
I have all IDE drives currently installed and just this one independent
Sata
drive. I have found the driver from the motherboard site but windows
doesnt
see it add new hardware. What is the procedure to follow to get the
computer
to recognize it?? I have checked the bios and Sata drives are enabled..
I want to keep windows on my current Ide drive.

SATA is enabled in BIOS, but does the BIOS see the drive? That must happen
before anything else can happen.

BTW, XP doesn't need a driver to see a SATA drive.

-John O

 

[peter]

Some mobo SATA drivers are not needed and some are..depending upon the
chipset.
Here are a few things to check:
is the HD seen in the BIOS??
Is the HD seen under control panel/admin tools/comp. management/disc
management??
If it shows there...has it been formatted??

Your specific mobo manufacturer website would have instructions for adding
SATA drivers after XP was already installed......

hope this helped
peter

 

[philo]

I have had Windows Xp installed long time now. I have just purchased a new
sata hard drive and require it to be used as data only.
I have all IDE drives currently installed and just this one independent
Sata
drive. I have found the driver from the motherboard site but windows
doesnt
see it add new hardware. What is the procedure to follow to get the
computer
to recognize it?? I have checked the bios and Sata drives are enabled..
I want to keep windows on my current Ide drive.

Thanks one and all

It may very well be installed already and you just did not realize it.

If you simply did not see it in windows explorer...it may be due to it
needing partitioning and formatting.

Have a look in disk management...if it's there, you are all set...
you just need to partition and format...it should then , by default, be
given a drive letter

 

[Woody]

If it is one of the bare bones drives nothing is on the hard drive so it
isn't seen. You have to go to Disk Management and install/format it.