*This is what is listed in my Disk Management window below.*

 *Volume / Layout / Type / File System / Status / Capacity / Free space /
%Free / *

 *               **Partition   Basic      FAT       Healthy(EISA Config.)
47MB  40MB         85%
                Partition   Basic      FAT32    Healthy(Unknown Partition)
4.63GB        8%
 (C:)          Partition   Basic      NTFS     Healthy(System)
228.13GB
94%*

* If I right click on the (EISA) in the first line, I get a Help window.*

*If I right click on the (Unknown Partition) in the second line, everything
is grayed out except a Delete Partition option. *

*Also downloading the Seagate installation Wizard did not work out either.
The new drive seems to be spinning ok, any other suggestions?*

* *

*Don DeWitt*


On 5/26/06, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hi Don:
>
> Is they Sata drive showing up at bootup? I my unit, I use TAB key to
> enter.
> Did you check your motherboard manuf. site for a SATA driver. For me I
> just
> got the ASUS driver for my K8V to floppy then did F6 on XP install when
> requested. It then beat the 137GB barrier. Then reconnected other hard
> drive and they should show up from either OS if they are both NTFS format.
>
> Good Luck
> Richard F. Bolha
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Donald DeWitt <[log in to unmask]>
> > I need advice installing a second hard drive as a slave. I have a Dell
> XPS
> > 400 running with XP. I purchased a new Seagate 160GB Serial ATA w/NCQ
> > 7200/8MB from an internet company and a hookup cable from a different
> internet
> > source listed as SATA Serial ATA Cable – 36inch – Red – 1 Right Angle
> > Connector. I installed the drive and connected the cable to the drive
> and
> > the motherboard also connected the extra power plug to the drive. The
> > computer doesn't recognize the drive by clicking on "My Computer" also
> the
> > Add Hardware Wizard cannot find it. The drive did not come with an
> > installation CD or installation instructions.  Where do I go from here?
> > Don DeWitt
>
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