cheeky_brat Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 i've just bought a new hardrive and am trying to install it but am havin real probsmy computer does not seem to pick it up i've tried installing new drivers and evrything but still wont work, any help will be much appreciated thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 What harddrive is it? What motherboard do you have? What OS are you using? More information would help us. First, did you make sure you plugged everything in properly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jjangthekid Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 ok if you are using windows xp..go to control panel.click on performance and maintenance...than go to administrative tools and click on computer management. a new window wil popup and on the left side column go down to storage and in the submenu one of the options should be disk management. it'll show all of the disks/hardisks that are connected to your computer. check the drive that you just plugged in and format it.. voila..there is your 2nd drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeky_brat Posted July 29, 2004 Author Share Posted July 29, 2004 (edited) i am trying to install a 200 gig hardrive by maxtorO.S = XP home editionMotherboard = P4SD-VX (i think its by Asus but can't find no bios upgrade)i also tried looking in sony's website there's P4SD- others but not mine And as for Jjangthekid, sorry mate i dont think that would work cause my computer is not recognising it all Edited July 29, 2004 by cheeky_brat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 This could be a bios problem since some can't read harddrives over 137GB. I suggest you get a EIDE card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeky_brat Posted July 29, 2004 Author Share Posted July 29, 2004 whats an EIDE card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 It's a card that has it's own bios thats lets you add more harddrives and harddrives with over 137GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryuken Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 check to c if u have set the jumpers right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeky_brat Posted July 29, 2004 Author Share Posted July 29, 2004 ive done all that checked them loadsa time spent a whole day on the friggin thingstill wont work, i think i'll try the EIDE card thing see if that works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 I had a problem installing a 250 gb hdd a few weeks back so I hope what I tell you will work. Ok, go to Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device Manager Now, do you see a category that says SCSI and RAID controllers? If so, press the + to open the tree. Then it should tell you the brand and make of your RAID (probably won't be SCSI) controller. Then download the latest RAID controller and install it. Another thing you should try doing is going into your BIOS at start up and try to set up the harddrive manually. According to the Microsoft knowledge base, it says Windows SP1 should enable 137gb+ support. But this is an odd problem since it should atleast show up in Windows as a 137 gb HDD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryuken Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 if u cant see ur new hard drive in ur bios and there's something wrong with the setup but if u can then it's something in window Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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