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SATA drive not detected
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Juggy
Executive Member
You need to write a signature to the disk using disk manager.
Right click "My Computer" the click "Manage"
Go into "Disk Management" and create a partition and assign a drive letter.
To do what you want to do get a copy of Partition Manager or Acronis TrueImage
Right click "My Computer" the click "Manage"
Go into "Disk Management" and create a partition and assign a drive letter.
To do what you want to do get a copy of Partition Manager or Acronis TrueImage
cryptic1
Expert Member
Ditto that, I had the same prolem a while ago - sorted it out with Partition Magic.
kevf
Active Member
Ok your motherboard only supports SATA1 and not SATA2.
What you need to do is change the jumper on your Western Digital to sata1 mode.
Link
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc...3RleHQ9anVtcGVyIHNldHRpbmdz&p_li=&p_topview=1
Try that and let me know if that works.
What you need to do is change the jumper on your Western Digital to sata1 mode.
Link
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc...3RleHQ9anVtcGVyIHNldHRpbmdz&p_li=&p_topview=1
Try that and let me know if that works.
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Cadavre777
Expert Member
I have a board with similar chipsets and its working happily with a Seagate 160Gb SATA II hdd. If kevf's advice doesnt work, try the drive in the friend/family member's PC to make sure it works (just make sure they give back the right drive 
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