New HD Not Recognized by XP Setup

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I jus got two Samsung 320GB SATA drives, and installed one fine in a little SFF Apevia, very nice... but the second I tried putting into an older Dell system (P4 3.2Ghz, failed HD), and in BIOS and Samsung DOS Tool, it sees it fine, and I even went through doing a low level format, which took forever in the DOS tool... but XP Setup still wont see it right when it should be asking to partition and then format.... it states it cannot detect a hd, and make sure to run any manufacturer's diagnostic cd, etc.... no modern SATA drive should need that done.

I even went ahead and converted the drive to 1.5 gbit bec Samsung's knowledge base stated it may not be compatible with the older 1.5's since it is default 3.0... I even tried using a jumper to force it to 1.5, still same result.

The Dell system does not have any updates for the mobo or the IDE component... and even called Samsung support and they didnt know what was wrong, and said they will have a level 2 dude call me back... really looking forward to that.

Any ideas or past experiences? Btw, I did get a new blue screen error while restarting the pc after the failed hd detection... i forgot the exact code but it was for a memory error... pretty odd i thought for that to come out of nowhere...
 
Do you have the drivers for the SATA controller?
Also are you using the Dell install CD that came with the computer?
I have an older dell that only wants to install with the OEM Disc.
 
nitrobass24 said:
Do you have the drivers for the SATA controller?
Also are you using the Dell install CD that came with the computer?
I have an older dell that only wants to install with the OEM Disc.
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I do not have the drivers for the controller... but even if I did when would I install that? I cant even get XP setup to start formatting the drive... do u mean Dell has a bootup file that installs drivers?

I know what u mean and u r right, but I did try a regular and a Dell XP reinstall CD... same result.
 
When you use SATA HDs XP can't see them unless you load the drivers like from a floppy or something.
 
go to support.dell.com get the drivers for your chipset/sata controller

put them on floppy
boot with cd
press f8 during installation load.
 
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