WIN 7 doesn't see F4 but BIOS does.

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Hear is a snapshot of EVEREST Ultimate that shows my HD204UI is their listed as a SATA drive along side my WD Black drives that are running in RAID1 setup. But windows control panel DOESN'T see it!

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When I first powered up my PC it said it was installing driver from the Samsung F4 but it was I think way to quick like maybe 2-3 seconds!!!!

In my BIOS my SATA Drive setting is set to: IDE

What am I missing OR do I have a bad F4 drive?

Was going to have WIN 7 format drive then was going to flash firmware even though my F4 build date is 2010-12
 
I assume you've initialized and partitioned your F4 drive?

If you haven't: Control Panel->Admin. Tools->Computer Management->Disk Management
 
bmg said:
I assume you've initialized and partitioned your F4 drive?

If you haven't: Control Panel->Admin. Tools->Computer Management->Disk Management
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OP, if you can't see the disk drive, you should be able to make a primary partition and assign it a drive letter, then you should be able to see it like normal.
 
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OK I'm seeing this do I need to make it a "Master Boot Record" or a "GUID Partition Table". These is a data storage drive not where the OS is intalled if that matters. I'm guessing it is MBR?

Sorry for the newbie questions!!!!!
 
OK what do I what to choose here. This is what WIN 7 came up as default. Again I have WIN 7 64 as OS and my first 2TB HDD just want to get the most it. And check volume before I start using as a primary or secondary backup and data storage.
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DO I NEED TO ENABLE FILE AND FOLDER COMPRESSION?

Thanks again from the newbie moron! LOL I might get this done by Monday!
 
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No, you can enable file/folder compression later if you change your mind.
 
THANKS it is formatting and at 1% just got to wait about 4 hours to complete....
 
You did a quick format and it's still taking 4 hours? That's unusual based on my experience :p
 
mattsaccount said:
You did a quick format and it's still taking 4 hours? That's unusual based on my experience :p
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Oh crap mattsaccount I thought I had read here or on another forum that I should NOT choose the quick format. That it would protect or something against errors.

And after formatting I still have to flash the firmware.

Does it make a difference if I quick formatted or not?
 
No -- you are fine :) Don't worry :) Doing a full format will, in the process, verify that the drive is fine. It may not be a bad idea.

As for firmware -- I'm not familiar with this drive and so won't comment.
 
You can always cancel the format and redo it with "quick format" checked. Nothing wrong with doing a full format though, other than time.
 
I would recommend doing a full format the first time (which you're doing) to check the integrity of the whole drive.
 
Thanks for comments I'm at 41% at the 2 hour mark. Is there any simple (newbie) test that I should run on this drive before putting it into use?

Samsung has a program called ES-Tool that I have read about?
 
I typically will run a full format as well as run it through HD Tune, HD Tach, CrystalDiskMark and the manufacturer software during a first format/install/inspection. Sector scans and benchmarks from several programs just to be extra anal, but thats just me.
 
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