SATA Drive Help!!! · DIGIT-ARC

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I have A MSI K8M Neo-V Mobo and I recently brought seagate Barracuda SATA 160 GB HDD...
When I tried to install Win XP it Didn't Detect the HDD...
The HDD is also NOt detected in WindowsXP SP2 that is installed in My Older Drive....
Please help!!!
Thanks

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during intallation press F6 for third party driver
coz xp dont ve sata driver inbuilt
u got a floppy with sata hdd
when it ask for third party driver
press S and then insert flopy
now system copies the required file and detect ur hdd
now u r ready to go
hope it ll help u

detection of sata depends on ur bios too..
btw did u get a proper power cable..
coz wen i purchased a sata.. i got a faulty cable..
so check if ur sata disk is running wen ur pc is on..(touch n c for some kinda vibrations)

almighty said:
during intallation press F6 for third party driver
coz xp dont ve sata driver inbuilt
u got a floppy with sata hdd
when it ask for third party driver
press S and then insert flopy
now system copies the required file and detect ur hdd
now u r ready to go
hope it ll help u

Thats is for setting up RAID my friend

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press f6 when setup started and install raid driver through floppy.

abhijangda said:
press f6 when setup started and install raid driver through floppy.

I dont know why people are suggesting RAID. The HDD should be detected by PC. Check Cables is my suggestion and also check if it shows in BIOS