Have you loaded the Sata drivers? Is this drive the only Sata device in your
machine.

Being new to Sata myself I've just been told/informed that when installing
my OS I have to F6 to install drivers for Sata to get them recognized.

Mickey





"xXwhygodwhyXx" wrote in message
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Hi sorry if I posted in the wrong forum but I got this hitachi sata
320gb hard drive from newegg and didnt come with any cords or drivers,
just the hard drive. Ive been having problems trying to get the pc to
reconize the hard drive, here is what I have done that hasnt worked, ive
tryed connecting the sata cords to different slots on the motherboard, I
have enabled all my raid ports, Ive gone to disk management and it cant
even read it, I can feel the disks inside the drive spinning so I do
know that its recieving power, Ive loaded the vista disk and clicked
install and went to where it wants to know where you want to install it
and it cant find the hard drive. The model number is P7K500 and its a
hitachi sata 320gb hd. If anyone can help I would apreciate it, I really
need this drive hooked up because im out of space in my 160gb hard
drive.


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