Western Digital

[Liquidsword]

Hey guys, I've looked all over the net but have come to a dead end and thought i would ask you lot.

I've just bought a 200GB Western Digital HD, but for some reason the computer doesn't register it at all. I've got a Abit KR7A Mobo, i tryed plugging the harddrive directly into the mobo and it dosnt see it at all. I got a Raid card which uses Silicon Image drivers, I updated the drivers for that but that dosnt see the harddrive as well.

Dose it mean i will have to update the Bios? Or is it windows?

Thanks for your help!.

 

[RealBlackStuff]

I assume this is an internal HD.
Try connecting it to one of your standard ATA-100 IDE-cables first.
If there is already a HD or CD on it, set the new HD to slave.
If this is the first drive on an empty IDE, set it to Master.

In your BIOS set the corresponding IDE-connection to Automatic
(Primary ID Master or Slave, or Secondary ID Master or Slave)

All tech specs and settings can be found here:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=38

 

[Liquidsword]

Ive been messing around with it some more and got a program that monitors the IDE connections.
The Primary Channel shows my main HD and the Secondary Channel shows the 200GB hard drive, so the computer can see it yet when I go into 'My Computer' theres nothing there. Also if I go into the Device Manager and go to Disk Drives the new Hd is also listed.
Does it mean Windows XP need updating to see the drive?

 

[Tarkus]

Have you gone into My Computer/Manage/Disk Management and formatted/partitioned the drive yet? (assuming you have Win2k/XP)

 

[Rick]

Sounds like you need to partition first, like Tarkus suggested.

Start/Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management/Disk Manager

 

[Liquidsword]

Ahh yeah thats it! Thanks guys for all your help!!:grinthumb