2007-07-18, 21:28 | Link #1 |
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hard drive not detected?
I bought a new hard drive (maxtor, 160GB) with SATA connection. I think my computer can detect it because under BIOS it is shown as "this drive is under controlled of BIOS." But it does not show up under "computer" under start menu. The computer did not ask to partition this brand new drive, either. Strange. How can I make this work? I can't access this drive. I am running windows vista and this is not my boot drive.
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2007-07-18, 23:31 | Link #2 |
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Hiya I don't have Vista access on me (it's too slow on my vmware), but if it was XP I would ask if you have initialised the drive and formatted it!
Normally with XP after plugging in a virgin drive, if XP doesn't inform you of it. You need to goto control panel, Performance and Maintainance, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Storage, Disk Management (Local), then scroll down to your new disk right click on the far left section which says Disk X and select initialise (Section 1 in my picture). The you can create a partition in section 2. Note your current drives already in use should have the disks names in them. You can't initialise disks already in use. The above picture is of my hard drives, note they all are in use so if they all have names and file systems in them then they are not the new drive. The new drive should be Disk 1 if you initially had 1 disk in and if this is your 3rd disk it would be disk 2. If this deviates in anyway from Vista, STOP and wait for someone else to answer.
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2007-07-19, 09:58 | Link #4 |
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If you have made a partition. And later you decide to shrink that partition a favour of another partition that instead needs the space, then you will need the shrinking feature to do this.
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2007-07-20, 01:58 | Link #6 |
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What if I just put this hd (have some data, not boot drive) from one computer (windows XP) into another computer (vista)? It's seagate, 160GB. All I can find under BIOS is "160GB." No seagate, no "this drive is under the control of BIOS." Am I doing it right?
I thought that this was an used drive and I don't need to partition it. When it shows up under BIOS, even if no "this is under the control of BIOS," it would show up under "computer" because it is already partitioned. That extra step, going into "disk management" is only for brand new drive, isn't it?
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2007-07-20, 05:03 | Link #7 | |
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It depends on your BIOS and on your hard drive on how much information is displayed. Is your system drive sata as well? Even if the BIOS correctly identifies the hard drive, windows will need to have a driver for it too. If your system drive is SATA and running off the same controller then there is the correct driver available.
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2007-07-20, 08:16 | Link #8 | |
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The problem is, for both of my working hard drive, boot drive and the brand new one, they are all shown as like "maxtor, 160GB, this drive is under control of BIOS." "samsung, 320 GB, this drive is under control of BIOS." Only this used one that is not boot drive but has some data is shown as only "160GB." That is it. I thought I would find it under "computer" since this one is partitioned already but I can't. I thought for this one, I only need to install it, make sure it showed up under BIOS, and it would automatically show up under "computer." It does show under BIOS but strangely, only as "160GB." If this is like the rest of my working drives, it would be shown as "seagate, 160GB, this drive is under control of BIOS." But it is not. I don't know if this is the problem but I can't access it. This is the drive that holds the data so I would like to retrieve it if possible. Thanks.
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2007-07-20, 11:01 | Link #9 |
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Maybe your PC is using an SATA raid and you will have to configure it before it does utilize the hard drive. Maybe you can find some helpful advice in the manual of your motherboard regarding this issue.
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2007-07-20, 11:13 | Link #10 |
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To be honest I'm kinda stumped... Your disk sounds like it is working as you say you have taken it from another machine. I am assuming it was working then and hasn't broke on the way to your other PC.
I hesitate to suggest a BIOS update as your drive is the same size as the working ones (you might want to take a gander on your mobo's website to see if there are any readmes). BIOS updates to fix hard drives are normally for drives that are bigger then what your BIOS can understand. I would recommend against doing a BIOS update unless you are sure of what you are doing as it can lobotomise your PC, defiantly a do at your own peril thing *EDIT* Jinto Lin's suggestion sounds pretty good and if that doesn't work you can try downloading and booting to a live cd to see if another OS will pick it up. Damn Small Linux is a good choice for this as its small to download. http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
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2007-07-20, 20:19 | Link #13 |
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Ok, can you tell me which file to download if I want to boot from a DVD drive?
The current version dsl 3.4. I figure if I want to boot from within windows, that would be the "embeded" version. But I would like to boot from the dvd drive. It would be less confusing to me.
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2007-07-21, 05:13 | Link #15 | |
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Unfortunately your deduction is wrong. Just because the boot drive is recognised and under control of the BIOS doesn't mean all additional drives are too. Especially if you have an SATA raid. I suggest to consult the manual to clearify which of the SATA plugs are Raid and which not. If the additional SATA plugs belong to a Raid, then it is likely that they are meant to be under control of the Raidcontroler (not the BIOS). Thus when the Raid is not on... the 3rd drive is installed correctly but could have no controller assigned and therefore won't work no matter what you do on the OS and software layers.
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2007-07-21, 10:54 | Link #16 | |
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2007-07-21, 18:10 | Link #17 | |
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This should work if windows is able to detect the drive. If windows can't detect the drive from here then you can say that the problem lies with the hardware configuration and not the software or OS. If it's not a hardware problem then this should make your hard drive come up. I know this should work because at one point I had the same problem until I did this. |
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2007-07-26, 14:35 | Link #18 |
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Just a follow up. It turns out that my drive was set as dynamics (I have used it before) and I just need to import it. Sorry for all this. I am new. Thank you very much for all your help. Now I am hopping to other threads to see if I can set up a dual boot system for XP and Vista.
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