How to make SATA Harddrive work?

[soarwitheagles]

Hi everyone!

Well, first I would like to say a big thank you for everyone who helped me to build my first computer. It is up and running and everything is working well. So thank you so much again.

I am not sure how to make the Maxtor SATA 200GB Harddrive work. I am using a Maxtor 120GB ATA HD as the boot drive with the XP PRO OS.

I have plugged in the SATA before I installed the OS. It shows up under Device Manager, but not in My Computers.

I feel kind of confused because the MOBO Manual talks about RAID and I do not understand that at all and I think it will not work on RAID because I do not have 2 SATA HD's.

Maxtor Manual says follow the MOBO Manual.

I also read somewhere I must install a special driver.

Well, someone told me when I update XP PRO to SP2, it would automatically work. It is not working.

Can anyone help me please?

Fred

[mikeL]

Do you have SATA enabled in the BIOS, on my Asus A8N, I have the Nvidia, and Silicon Image enabled then I installed the SATA drivers from the mobo disk.

Mike

[soarwitheagles]

Thanks Mike....

Well, I just read Freakitchen's post in the Drive section of the Forum and he explains about how to format the drive...

I just hit the button after following his extremely clear directions and the SATA drive is now formatting...I think it will work after I go to sleep and wake up in the morning....

Thanks for your input and I will try the MOBO disk for the driver if this doesn't work.

Take good care!

Fred

[TimPoet]

This is the complete answer to to your dilemma. I did the same thing in December with my first build.

http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.p...isk+management

EDIT:
Aha! While I was searching, you were posting.

Glad you found it.

[soarwitheagles]

Thanks Tim!

It is at 78% at the moment and I should be able to test it soon or first thing in the morning...

Have a great day!

Fred