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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Toof on June 01, 2009, 02:59:04 PM
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Heya guys, got what I hope is a fairly simple question for you. I was able to walk outta work the other day with a Seagate Barracuda 80gb Sata 2.0 Hard Drive. Windows XP shows it as ST380815AS. It also shows up in the bios. My question is, why can't I seem to access it? It doesn't show up in "My Computer". Wondering what I've done wrong or what I need to change to be able to access it. I mainly just want to put my music/photos/etc on it, but don't understand why it shows under Device Manager, and in Bios, yet I can't seem to see it anywhere else in XP. My other hard drive is also a SATA 200gb Seagate Barracuda. Any help is much appreciated.
edit: I may have just inadvertently answered my own question, not sure if my HP Frakenstein Mobo actually supports SATA 2. That is the 3.0gb/s transfer rate. The original HDD is set at Sata 1, which is 1.5gb/s....gonna try dumbing it down in bios and see how that works out.
edit #2: Well, I don't have the option of dumbing it down, and the bios does recognize it as a Sata 2 3gb/s drive. Kinda lost at this point.
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To to Administrative Tools then Computer Management then DISK MANAGEMENT... if the drive is there format it and you should be good to go.
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You have to initialize it then format it in Power Panal/Administrative Tools/Disc Management
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Thanks much guys, I'll give that a whirl.