Bad HD?

[Ripped85]

I removed my old HD and put in my new Hitachi SATA and now my comp doesn't recognize the drive...anyone know why? It's plugged in correctly and it didn't come with a floppy or anything.

 

[BillLeeLee]

Are you trying to install Windows on it or something? If so, did your motherboard come with a SATA driver disk?

More info please.

 

[Ripped85]

well its a blank new HD..but yes, my mobo came with a driver disk..didn't think of looking on there...they have SATA drivers on there?

 

[BillLeeLee]

Mobos usually come with SATA drivers on a floppy disk so that you install them during the Windows Install boot process, and you can then install Windows onto the hard drive.

When installing Windows XP (maybe 2K, not sure), it'll say 'Press F6 to install SATA drivers from disk' and that's your cue to...press F6.

 

[Ripped85]

i dont even have a floppy disk drive in my comp..you think i can dload it onto a cd from my laptop and install it like that?

i'll just go to staples tomorrow and pic one up, would be the smart thing.

 

[typh00n]

It seems like that CD thing could work but I've never done it.
if you can attach both at the same time, you could check your motherboard manufacturer's website to see if you can download the (updated) drivers and install it off the old HD. but you probably already though of that...

otherwise the MB manual should give instructions

 

[BillLeeLee]

It is possible to install SATA drivers without a floppy if you slipstream the drivers onto a cd with Windows.

http://www.driverpacks.net/
or
http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html

Should get you there. Of just pull a floppy from somewhere.

 

[PWMK2]

One of the many places that the good ol' floppy comes into use yet again... with its 300 RPM, 1.44MB storage space goodness...

 

[Ripped85]

ok..picked up the floppy..but i get this message "no array is defined"..what should i do?