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Installing a new hard drive
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I have recently purchased a new 500GB hard drive but it will not install onto my machine.
I am already running a 200GB WD(Western Digital).HDD, and this is the new 500GB WD.HDD. I went though the same procedure as i did for the other drive but it will not install. Does any one have any ideas? It is running on SATA, i have looked at the BIOS settings and everything is as it should be. I also updated the BIOS version.
I am already running a 200GB WD(Western Digital).HDD, and this is the new 500GB WD.HDD. I went though the same procedure as i did for the other drive but it will not install. Does any one have any ideas? It is running on SATA, i have looked at the BIOS settings and everything is as it should be. I also updated the BIOS version.
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the correct jumper setting is c/sel.(so why do they still have jumpers?)
Try looking in the BIOS it's possible that the ports have been disabled
Does the disc show up there?
if in doubt see
http://tech.msn.com/howto/articlepcw.aspx?cp-d ocumentid=4869309
if your other disc is 200Gb I doubt it's LBA48 problems.
Is the disc spinning when you switch on?
have you checked the connector ...
SATA connectors are known for springing out of their fixings
finally
how did you partition/format the disc
primary - extended/logical -
how many partitions .... and what file system fat or NTFS
the correct jumper setting is c/sel.(so why do they still have jumpers?)
Try looking in the BIOS it's possible that the ports have been disabled
Does the disc show up there?
if in doubt see
http://tech.msn.com/howto/articlepcw.aspx?cp-d ocumentid=4869309
if your other disc is 200Gb I doubt it's LBA48 problems.
Is the disc spinning when you switch on?
have you checked the connector ...
SATA connectors are known for springing out of their fixings
finally
how did you partition/format the disc
primary - extended/logical -
how many partitions .... and what file system fat or NTFS