How to made XP add SATAII HDD to hardware list

[goo_lu1]

Previously my Western Digital SATA HDD had problem. I replaced a new
WD3200AAJS one from dealer. I connected that HDD to one SATA port in
my Gigabyte GA-8S655FX motherboard. The BIOS settings for SATA were
set as below:

Sis Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] (available options: Enabled or
Disabled)
Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] (available options: IDE or RAID)

After PC powered up. BIOS reported it detected the HDD.

However, as Windows XP Professional was running, I couldn't find the
SATA HDD from explorer.

I used System Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk
Management tool and forced it to scan new hardware but no new HDD
found.

Also, I used Device Manager -> Drive icon and clicked to force
hardware change scanning. Still no new HDD found.

Although there exist probability that the new HDD was faulty but I
would like to ask what can I do further before I return it to the
dealer for another HDD ?

Tks!

PS: My motherboard has 2 SATA ports. I'd tried both of them but the
results were the same.

 

[tfw48079]

Previously my Western Digital SATA HDD had problem. I replaced a new
WD3200AAJS one from dealer. I connected that HDD to one SATA port in
my Gigabyte GA-8S655FX motherboard. The BIOS settings for SATA were
set as below:

Sis Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] (available options: Enabled or
Disabled)
Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] (available options: IDE or RAID)

After PC powered up. BIOS reported it detected the HDD.

However, as Windows XP Professional was running, I couldn't find the
SATA HDD from explorer.

I used System Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk
Management tool and forced it to scan new hardware but no new HDD
found.

Also, I used Device Manager -> Drive icon and clicked to force
hardware change scanning. Still no new HDD found.

Although there exist probability that the new HDD was faulty but I
would like to ask what can I do further before I return it to the
dealer for another HDD ?

Tks!

PS: My motherboard has 2 SATA ports. I'd tried both of them but the
results were the same.

You need to go into System Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk

 

[Arno Wagner]

Driver installed?

Previously my Western Digital SATA HDD had problem. I replaced a new
WD3200AAJS one from dealer. I connected that HDD to one SATA port in
my Gigabyte GA-8S655FX motherboard. The BIOS settings for SATA were
set as below:

Sis Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] (available options: Enabled or
Disabled)
Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] (available options: IDE or RAID)

After PC powered up. BIOS reported it detected the HDD.

However, as Windows XP Professional was running, I couldn't find the
SATA HDD from explorer.

I used System Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk
Management tool and forced it to scan new hardware but no new HDD
found.

 

[Jerry]

Previously my Western Digital SATA HDD had problem. I replaced a new
WD3200AAJS one from dealer. I connected that HDD to one SATA port in
my Gigabyte GA-8S655FX motherboard. The BIOS settings for SATA were
set as below:

Sis Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] (available options: Enabled or
Disabled)
Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] (available options: IDE or RAID)

After PC powered up. BIOS reported it detected the HDD.

However, as Windows XP Professional was running, I couldn't find the
SATA HDD from explorer.

I used System Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk
Management tool and forced it to scan new hardware but no new HDD
found.

Also, I used Device Manager -> Drive icon and clicked to force
hardware change scanning. Still no new HDD found.

Although there exist probability that the new HDD was faulty but I
would like to ask what can I do further before I return it to the
dealer for another HDD ?

Tks!

PS: My motherboard has 2 SATA ports. I'd tried both of them but the
results were the same.

You need to go into System Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk

Management and find disk in scroll box, then rt click and format and
assign drive letter.

Didn't the OP already state, and I quote "I used System Management Tools ->
Computer Management -> Disk Management tool and forced it to scan new
hardware but no new HDD found"?

 

[Rod Speed]

Previously my Western Digital SATA HDD had problem. I replaced a new
WD3200AAJS one from dealer. I connected that HDD to one SATA port in
my Gigabyte GA-8S655FX motherboard. The BIOS settings for SATA were
set as below:

Sis Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] (available options: Enabled or
Disabled)
Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] (available options: IDE or RAID)

After PC powered up. BIOS reported it detected the HDD.

However, as Windows XP Professional was running, I couldn't find the
SATA HDD from explorer.

I used System Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk
Management tool and forced it to scan new hardware but no new HDD
found.

Also, I used Device Manager -> Drive icon and clicked to force
hardware change scanning. Still no new HDD found.

Although there exist probability that the new HDD was faulty but I
would like to ask what can I do further before I return it to the
dealer for another HDD ?

Set the Sis Serial ATA Mode to IDE.

 

[Eric Gisin]

Previously my Western Digital SATA HDD had problem. I replaced a new
WD3200AAJS one from dealer. I connected that HDD to one SATA port in
my Gigabyte GA-8S655FX motherboard. The BIOS settings for SATA were
set as below:

Sis Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] (available options: Enabled or
Disabled)
Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] (available options: IDE or RAID)

You want IDE mode, then the Microsoft IDE driver will load.

 

[Andrew E.]

Many SATA hds are not recognized from the factory as they are in a "raw
state",do either,download the WDC MS-DOS floppy hd checker,boot to WDC
hd checker,do a format with the options it gives you.Or,install xp cd,boot to
xp cd, press r For recovery at menu screen.select 1 for C: press enter for
pass
word,typeiskPart In DiskPart,create a partition on the SATA hd,press ESC
when thru,type:FORMAT E: /FS:NTFS E: being the SATA hd,once thru,type:
EXIT Let xp start,remove cd.

 

[goo_lu1]

Previously my Western Digital SATA HDD had problem. I replaced a new
WD3200AAJS one from dealer. I connected that HDD to one SATA port in
my Gigabyte GA-8S655FX motherboard. The BIOS settings for SATA were
set as below:

Sis Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] (available options: Enabled or
Disabled)
Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] (available options: IDE or RAID)

After PC powered up. BIOS reported it detected the HDD.

However, as Windows XP Professional was running, I couldn't find the
SATA HDD from explorer.

I used System Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk
Management tool and forced it to scan new hardware but no new HDD
found.

Also, I used Device Manager -> Drive icon and clicked to force
hardware change scanning. Still no new HDD found.

Although there exist probability that the new HDD was faulty but I
would like to ask what can I do further before I return it to the
dealer for another HDD ?

PS: My motherboard has 2 SATA ports. I'd tried both of them but the
results were the same.

You need to go into System Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk

Management and find disk in scroll box, then rt click and format and assign drive letter.- $Bp,i6Ho0zMQJ8;z(B -

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Already Done!

 

[goo_lu1]

Driver installed?

Previously my Western Digital SATA HDD had problem. I replaced a new
WD3200AAJS one from dealer. I connected that HDD to one SATA port in
my Gigabyte GA-8S655FX motherboard. The BIOS settings for SATA were
set as below:
Sis Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] (available options: Enabled or
Disabled)
Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] (available options: IDE or RAID)
After PC powered up. BIOS reported it detected the HDD.
However, as Windows XP Professional was running, I couldn't find the
SATA HDD from explorer.
I used System Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk
Management tool and forced it to scan new hardware but no new HDD
found.
Also, I used Device Manager -> Drive icon and clicked to force
hardware change scanning. Still no new HDD found.
Although there exist probability that the new HDD was faulty but I
would like to ask what can I do further before I return it to the
dealer for another HDD ?
Tks!
PS: My motherboard has 2 SATA ports. I'd tried both of them but the
results were the same.- $Bp,i6Ho0zMQJ8;z(B -

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I remembered last time I installed the replaced disk no driver need to
be installed.

 

[goo_lu1]

Previously my Western Digital SATA HDD had problem. I replaced a new
WD3200AAJS one from dealer. I connected that HDD to one SATA port in
my Gigabyte GA-8S655FX motherboard. The BIOS settings for SATA were
set as below:
Sis Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] (available options: Enabled or
Disabled)
Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] (available options: IDE or RAID)
After PC powered up. BIOS reported it detected the HDD.
However, as Windows XP Professional was running, I couldn't find the
SATA HDD from explorer.
I used System Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk
Management tool and forced it to scan new hardware but no new HDD
found.
Also, I used Device Manager -> Drive icon and clicked to force
hardware change scanning. Still no new HDD found.
Although there exist probability that the new HDD was faulty but I
would like to ask what can I do further before I return it to the
dealer for another HDD ?
Tks!
PS: My motherboard has 2 SATA ports. I'd tried both of them but the
results were the same.

You need to go into System Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk

Didn't the OP already state, and I quote "I used System Management Tools ->
Computer Management -> Disk Management tool and forced it to scan new
hardware but no new HDD found"?- $Bp,i6Ho0zMQJ8;z(B -

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Can't understand what you mean.

 

[goo_lu1]

Previously my Western Digital SATA HDD had problem. I replaced a new
WD3200AAJS one from dealer. I connected that HDD to one SATA port in
my Gigabyte GA-8S655FX motherboard. The BIOS settings for SATA were
set as below:

Sis Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] (available options: Enabled or
Disabled)
Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] (available options: IDE or RAID)

After PC powered up. BIOS reported it detected the HDD.

However, as Windows XP Professional was running, I couldn't find the
SATA HDD from explorer.

I used System Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk
Management tool and forced it to scan new hardware but no new HDD
found.

Also, I used Device Manager -> Drive icon and clicked to force
hardware change scanning. Still no new HDD found.

Although there exist probability that the new HDD was faulty but I
would like to ask what can I do further before I return it to the
dealer for another HDD ?

Set the Sis Serial ATA Mode to IDE.

PS: My motherboard has 2 SATA ports. I'd tried both of them but the results were the same.- $Bp,i6Ho0zMQJ8;z(B -

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Why ? I need a real SATA disk.

 

[Rod Speed]

Previously my Western Digital SATA HDD had problem. I replaced a new
WD3200AAJS one from dealer. I connected that HDD to one SATA port in
my Gigabyte GA-8S655FX motherboard. The BIOS settings for SATA were
set as below:

Sis Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] (available options: Enabled or
Disabled)
Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] (available options: IDE or RAID)

After PC powered up. BIOS reported it detected the HDD.

However, as Windows XP Professional was running, I couldn't find the
SATA HDD from explorer.

I used System Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk
Management tool and forced it to scan new hardware but no new HDD
found.

Also, I used Device Manager -> Drive icon and clicked to force
hardware change scanning. Still no new HDD found.

Although there exist probability that the new HDD was faulty but I
would like to ask what can I do further before I return it to the
dealer for another HDD ?

Set the Sis Serial ATA Mode to IDE.

PS: My motherboard has 2 SATA ports. I'd tried both of them but the results were the same.-

Why ?

To get it seen by the OS.

I need a real SATA disk.

That just controls how its seen by the OS, not how the hardware is done.

 

[milleron]

Previously my Western Digital SATA HDD had problem. I replaced a new
WD3200AAJS one from dealer. I connected that HDD to one SATA port in
my Gigabyte GA-8S655FX motherboard. The BIOS settings for SATA were
set as below:

Sis Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] (available options: Enabled or
Disabled)
Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] (available options: IDE or RAID)

After PC powered up. BIOS reported it detected the HDD.

However, as Windows XP Professional was running, I couldn't find the
SATA HDD from explorer.

I used System Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk
Management tool and forced it to scan new hardware but no new HDD
found.

Also, I used Device Manager -> Drive icon and clicked to force
hardware change scanning. Still no new HDD found.

Although there exist probability that the new HDD was faulty but I
would like to ask what can I do further before I return it to the
dealer for another HDD ?

Set the Sis Serial ATA Mode to IDE.

PS: My motherboard has 2 SATA ports. I'd tried both of them but the results were the same.- ??????? -

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Why ? I need a real SATA disk.

SATA IS IDE. It's Serial ATA rather than Parallel ATA, but it's still
on the IDE bus. All you're doing in the BIOS is telling it to
configure for a SATA drive that's NOT in RAID mode. Look in Device
Manager: you'll find your SATA drive controller under the -- you
guessed it -- IDE node.

 

[Arno Wagner]

Driver installed?

Previously my Western Digital SATA HDD had problem. I replaced a new
WD3200AAJS one from dealer. I connected that HDD to one SATA port in
my Gigabyte GA-8S655FX motherboard. The BIOS settings for SATA were
set as below:
Sis Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] (available options: Enabled or
Disabled)
Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] (available options: IDE or RAID)
After PC powered up. BIOS reported it detected the HDD.
However, as Windows XP Professional was running, I couldn't find the
SATA HDD from explorer.
I used System Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk
Management tool and forced it to scan new hardware but no new HDD
found.
Also, I used Device Manager -> Drive icon and clicked to force
hardware change scanning. Still no new HDD found.
Although there exist probability that the new HDD was faulty but I
would like to ask what can I do further before I return it to the
dealer for another HDD ?
Tks!
PS: My motherboard has 2 SATA ports. I'd tried both of them but the
results were the same.- $Bp,i6Ho0zMQJ8;z(B -

- $Bp}<(Ho0zMQJ8;z(B -

I remembered last time I installed the replaced disk no driver need to
be installed.

The driver is not for the disk, but for the controller on
the mainboard. The disk does indeed not need a driver.

Arno

 

[ded]

Did you think of checking the support site for WD, which has full
instructions for installation
http://support.wdc.com/

 

[goo_lu1]

WD3200AAJS one from dealer. I connected that HDD to one SATA port in
my Gigabyte GA-8S655FX motherboard. The BIOS settings for SATA were
set as below:

Sis Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] (available options: Enabled or
Disabled)
Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] (available options: IDE or RAID)

You want IDE mode, then the Microsoft IDE driver will load.

Tks! The suggestion works. But I would like to know if the IDE option
has anything related to IDE i.e. will my SATA perform as SATA-I (the
board only supports SATA-I) HDD or its performance is no difference as
an ordinary IDE HDD ?

 

[goo_lu1]

Driver installed?
Previously my Western Digital SATA HDD had problem. I replaced a new
WD3200AAJS one from dealer. I connected that HDD to one SATA port in
my Gigabyte GA-8S655FX motherboard. The BIOS settings for SATA were
set as below:
Sis Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] (available options: Enabled or
Disabled)
Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] (available options: IDE or RAID)
After PC powered up. BIOS reported it detected the HDD.
However, as Windows XP Professional was running, I couldn't find the
SATA HDD from explorer.
I used System Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk
Management tool and forced it to scan new hardware but no new HDD
found.
Also, I used Device Manager -> Drive icon and clicked to force
hardware change scanning. Still no new HDD found.
Although there exist probability that the new HDD was faulty but I
would like to ask what can I do further before I return it to the
dealer for another HDD ?
Tks!
PS: My motherboard has 2 SATA ports. I'd tried both of them but the
results were the same.- $Bp,i6Ho0zMQJ8;z(B -
- $Bp}<(Ho0zMQJ8;z(B -

I remembered last time I installed the replaced disk no driver need to
be installed.

The driver is not for the disk, but for the controller on
the mainboard. The disk does indeed not need a driver.

Arno- $Bp,i6Ho0zMQJ8;z(B -

- $Bp}<(Ho0zMQJ8;z(B -

Tks, Eric is correct, only changing Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] enables
XP to recognize the HDD. I read the driver manual, it said driver is
needed if I want to install XP or 2000 on the SATA disk. I wonder
without the driver, will the SATA disk performs as a real SATA disk.

 

[V Green]

Driver installed?

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storagegoo_lu1<[email protected]> wrote:

Previously my Western Digital SATA HDD had problem. I replaced a new
WD3200AAJS one from dealer. I connected that HDD to one SATA port in
my Gigabyte GA-8S655FX motherboard. The BIOS settings for SATA were
set as below:
Sis Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] (available options: Enabled or
Disabled)
Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] (available options: IDE or RAID)
After PC powered up. BIOS reported it detected the HDD.
However, as Windows XP Professional was running, I couldn't find the
SATA HDD from explorer.
I used System Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk
Management tool and forced it to scan new hardware but no new HDD
found.
Also, I used Device Manager -> Drive icon and clicked to force
hardware change scanning. Still no new HDD found.
Although there exist probability that the new HDD was faulty but I
would like to ask what can I do further before I return it to the
dealer for another HDD ?
Tks!
PS: My motherboard has 2 SATA ports. I'd tried both of them but the
results were the same.- $Bp,i6Ho0zMQJ8;z(B -

- $Bp}<(Ho0zMQJ8;z(B -
I remembered last time I installed the replaced disk no driver need to
be installed.

The driver is not for the disk, but for the controller on
the mainboard. The disk does indeed not need a driver.

Arno- $Bp,i6Ho0zMQJ8;z(B -

- $Bp}<(Ho0zMQJ8;z(B -

Tks, Eric is correct, only changing Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] enables
XP to recognize the HDD. I read the driver manual, it said driver is
needed if I want to install XP or 2000 on the SATA disk. I wonder
without the driver, will the SATA disk performs as a real SATA disk.

Run benchmarks. Find out for yourself.

 

[Rod Speed]

Previously my Western Digital SATA HDD had problem. I replaced a
new WD3200AAJS one from dealer. I connected that HDD to one SATA
port in my Gigabyte GA-8S655FX motherboard. The BIOS settings for
SATA were set as below:
Sis Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] (available options: Enabled or Disabled)
Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] (available options: IDE or RAID)
After PC powered up. BIOS reported it detected the HDD.
However, as Windows XP Professional was running, I couldn't find
the SATA HDD from explorer.
I used System Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk
Management tool and forced it to scan new hardware but no new HDD found.
Also, I used Device Manager -> Drive icon and clicked to
force hardware change scanning. Still no new HDD found.
Although there exist probability that the new HDD was faulty but I would like
to ask what can I do further before I return it to the dealer for another HDD ?
PS: My motherboard has 2 SATA ports. I'd tried both of them but the results were the same.
Driver installed?
I remembered last time I installed the replaced disk no driver need to be installed.

The driver is not for the disk, but for the controller on
the mainboard. The disk does indeed not need a driver.

Tks, Eric is correct, only changing Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] enables
XP to recognize the HDD. I read the driver manual, it said driver is
needed if I want to install XP or 2000 on the SATA disk. I wonder
without the driver, will the SATA disk performs as a real SATA disk.

Yep, like I said, that setting just affects how it looks
to the OS, not how it works at the hardware level.

Its only purpose is to avoid the need to load a driver to see the drive at the OS level.