sata hard drive addition

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Using windows xp professional.... I added another hard
drive. Windows does not seem to pick it up and let me
partion and format it. Bios sees it. Is there something
special I need to do to partion this drive and format it?
Something at boot up? I thought xp would see it if it is
in the bios and ask me what I want to do with the new hardware.
Help anyone????
Thanks

 

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OK, you'll need to give a lot more information in orderto get the correct
answer for your situation.

Try telling us:
1. What drive
2. What Motherboard
3. Plug in Controller Card or On-board
4. RAID level if using RAID
5. Controller Type for SATA

In a nut shell, if BIOS identifies an IDE drive Windows has built in drivers
to recognise the drive, you can then go to DIsk Management and Partition /
Format and assign a drive letter.

XP will do the same for SATA if all the Drivers are correct for the specific
application of the SATA drive.

"Teri" wrote:

> Using windows xp professional.... I added another hard
> drive. Windows does not seem to pick it up and let me
> partion and format it. Bios sees it. Is there something
> special I need to do to partion this drive and format it?
> Something at boot up? I thought xp would see it if it is
> in the bios and ask me what I want to do with the new hardware.
> Help anyone????
> Thanks
>

 

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Thanks for swift reply.
installed on sata 2 not Sata RAID
ASUS p4c800-e
on board controller ICH5R
The drivers are correct for the application of SATA drive.
I will try your suggestion about going to DISK Management.
Teri

>-----Original Message-----
>OK, you'll need to give a lot more information in orderto
get the correct
>answer for your situation.
>
>Try telling us:
>1. What drive
>2. What Motherboard
>3. Plug in Controller Card or On-board
>4. RAID level if using RAID
>5. Controller Type for SATA
>
>In a nut shell, if BIOS identifies an IDE drive Windows
has built in drivers
>to recognise the drive, you can then go to DIsk Management
and Partition /
>Format and assign a drive letter.
>
>XP will do the same for SATA if all the Drivers are
correct for the specific
>application of the SATA drive.
>
>"Teri" wrote:
>
>> Using windows xp professional.... I added another hard
>> drive. Windows does not seem to pick it up and let me
>> partion and format it. Bios sees it. Is there something
>> special I need to do to partion this drive and format it?
>> Something at boot up? I thought xp would see it if it is
>> in the bios and ask me what I want to do with the new
hardware.
>> Help anyone????
>> Thanks
>>
>.
>

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

Yes, right click on My Computer, click Manage, click Disk Management,
right click on the new drive and set it up. I would also suggest seeing
if you can get those drives working in RAID1 as you will see a large
performance increase and your data will be much safer (and if you don't
care as much about the data as you do the speed, RAID0 is your beast) 😉

You should be able to do this without reinstalling Windows.

----
Nathan McNulty


anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
> Thanks for swift reply.
> installed on sata 2 not Sata RAID
> ASUS p4c800-e
> on board controller ICH5R
> The drivers are correct for the application of SATA drive.
> I will try your suggestion about going to DISK Management.
> Teri
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>OK, you'll need to give a lot more information in orderto
>
> get the correct
>
>>answer for your situation.
>>
>>Try telling us:
>>1. What drive
>>2. What Motherboard
>>3. Plug in Controller Card or On-board
>>4. RAID level if using RAID
>>5. Controller Type for SATA
>>
>>In a nut shell, if BIOS identifies an IDE drive Windows
>
> has built in drivers
>
>>to recognise the drive, you can then go to DIsk Management
>
> and Partition /
>
>>Format and assign a drive letter.
>>
>>XP will do the same for SATA if all the Drivers are
>
> correct for the specific
>
>>application of the SATA drive.
>>
>>"Teri" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Using windows xp professional.... I added another hard
>>>drive. Windows does not seem to pick it up and let me
>>>partion and format it. Bios sees it. Is there something
>>>special I need to do to partion this drive and format it?
>>>Something at boot up? I thought xp would see it if it is
>>>in the bios and ask me what I want to do with the new
>
> hardware.
>
>>>Help anyone????
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>
>>.
>>