New Hard drive not detected

[thornyone]

Hi, Im a newbe to this forum and with computers in general. I just put a new SATA hard drive into my computer. I already have a IDE cable hard drive installed which runs the XP operating system. The new hard drive is not being detected, it doesnt show up anywhere. Before I have another temper tantrum, does anyone have any idea what Ive done wrong??????

 

[Matthew DeCarlo]

You likely need to install SATA drivers. What is the model of your PC or motherboard?

 

[SNGX1275]

Control Panel -> Admin Tools -> Disk Management

Does the drive show up there? If not, do what Zeno said. If so, set up a partition, My Computer won't show an unpartitioned drive.

 

[thornyone]

Thanks for your advice. I shall try it, downloading drivers from Asus, that is and let you know how I go.