SATA Problems with A7N8X-E Deluxe in Windows XP

[catbreadz]

I've been searching for hours today and I just wanted my new 400gb
SATA Seagate to work I was even started singing the "get
perpendicular" song when it came!

Alright, here's the problem like many other A7N8X-E users have faced
in the past:

I've had recently fresh install of windows XP Pro running for a few
months now, and I installed the SATA hard drive. It shows up under the
SiliconImage boot screen (the small one after the main POST) but once
windows loads up, nothing shows up.

I have installed the driver for the SiliconImage SATAraid software,
and it does not show the little yellow question mark in device
manager.

I have found many threads with this problem, but no clear solution.
Most of the threads were circa 2005, so I'm hoping that somebody knows
a solution.

Please help! I want my storage!

 

[Didou]

Go in the disk management console, create a partition, format it & it will show up in Windows. Reading the hard drive manual (or even Windows help) every once in a while can work wonders.

 

[catbreadz]

But it was so much easier having you do it for me!

Thanks