I have a motherboard that is a few years old.  I just ordered a sata 2 hard drive, but for some reason it won't be recognized by my computer.  I thought either it is the cable, the connector, or the fact that my motherboard is supposed to support sata 1 not 2.  Would it make a differece in whether a drive is recognized depending on what type of sata it is on any sata port?
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The SATA specification is reverse compatible. And you will not need to play with jumpers to achieve this.\n\nSeagate helped to pioneer SATA and released the first SATA drive. They have a wealth of reading material on their site.
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HPs normally do not provide disks, and it can be a real pain. They place a second, small pertition on the hard drive where you hit F10 to perform a Recovery (re-image the PC). This unfortunately means that you cannot use it with the new motherboard.\n\nIt is best to save yourself a whole lot of headache and just buy a Windows XP OEM disk so that you can do what you need to.\n\nYou find out what kind of hard drives you have by:\n1) Going into the Device Mangager list and googleing the model number(s) of your drive(s).\n2) Turning off your computer, open it up and see what the stickers on the drive(s) say.\n\nGood luck!
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Make sure SATA is enabled in the BIOS.  Make sure that the jumper settings on your drives are all right.  Make sure that everything is powered correctly and connected securely.
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From your question, I don't find any problem on it. Your disk is working fine. Things to take note - when installing new hard drive, especially SATA disk, Windows 98/Me/2000/XP requires additional driver to help it read the hard disk's chipset.\n\nIf you self-assembled your system, you should notice there's a floppy drive/driver CD OEM from your motherboard supplier. Install the driver while your SATA disk still attached. Use the User's Manual to guide yourself when installing the driver. Make sure you successfully install the driver. After wards, everything will be fine.\n\nIf you bought your system from the vendor, there's a bit different. They should equip you with software/drivers/documentation for your self-keeping. If you are missing any of these, please consult your vendor. Perhaps you may request them to configure the SATA for you - with a little charge of course!\n\nHope this help.
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You would need a new system. Your motherboard most probably does not use SATA.  By a new system I mean new motherboard, hard drive, memory, and of course CPU. All the other stuff you can simply transfer over, like cd or dvd drives, video & sound cards. Most of the new comps can handle up to 2gigs of DDR Ram. It might be a good idea to invest in a new system that is Microsoft Vista ready.
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When your computer is about to come on click F2 or Delete (depends on the manufacturer) to get into the bios.  Then check your hardware configuration to see if the second drive appears and is recognized correctly.  If the slave does not appear or appears as anything but a slave then there is a connection or jumper problem.  But, that's the best place to tell if something's wrong.
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SATA (Serial ATA) is a newer technology that uses serial transfers instead of Parallel transfers, which IDE used. It allows for smaller cables and advanced features like hotplug, which, on supported hardware, will let you plug and unplug your drives without shutting down the computer. The cost difference between the drives is minimal, if your motherboard already has a SATA port on it (most all new ones do) I'd advise for you to go for one with the connector. Keep in mind that if you have an older power supply, you may need a SATA power adaptor, as the power connectors on the drives are also different from IDE drives.
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When you look at the existing cable in your PC, your see a tail hanging off the existing drive - this is for the new drive.  Before you install it, go to the back of the new drive and set it to slave - its hard to see but its on the drive.  Connect it up and look for another power supply - you might have to format it but it should work fine.
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You need to check the user manual whether your system supports SATA. FYI you need different interface on the motherboard in order to use SATA hdds
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Did you install the DVD drive yourself, or did it come with the computer?  If you did it yourself, make sure that you have the correct master/slave settings on the drive.\n\nAll CD & DVD drives today use the IDE (aka EIDE or ATA) interface to connect the drive to the motherboard.  Many hard drives in computers also use the IDE interface.  Most motherboards come with two IDE channels (IDE1 & IDE2), and each channel can support 2 drives (master & slave).  The master takes priority when the motherboard communicates with both devices on one IDE channel.\n\nThe IDE cables are those flat/wide cables that have a connection on each end & one in the middle.  If you have two devices connected to one cable, then one of the devices must be the master & the other must be the slave.  If you have both as master, then it probably will cause problems.  \n\nYou can change the master/slave settings with tiny plastic jumpers that are next to the connections on the back of the drive.  You will have to refer to the user's manual to make sure you have the right setting.  If I remember correctly, a jumper placed in the far left position is master, and a jumper placed in the next position to the right is slave, but it may depend on the manufacturer.\n\nYou can go to wikipedia for some pictures to help in this issue\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Drive_Electronics
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you could be having a hardware problem rather than just windows not seeing your drive, it depends on your motherboard's ability to support that capacity drive!\nwhat you need to do is provide the specs of your computer so readers can get an idea of what we're dealing with here so we will be better able to advice you, but in my opinion it more seems hardware than software problem, sometimes it could even be simply a jumper setting on your hard drive or mainboard that will allow windows to see your full capacity, it can be a sticky situation, check your board's BIOS also and see if updates are available for it as that could also be a problem too, in all of this i do wish you good luck.
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You can add it as a "slave" if you want to.  Set the "pins" on the harddrive to "CS" and connect it to the second connector on the harddrive cable.  Don't forget to connect power to it.  You pc should recognize it automatically.
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No, the IDE port is where your hard drive or an optional cd&#92;dvd drive connects to.  Motherboards typically have 2 IDE interfaces and two devices can plug into each one.\n\nThe floppy drive connector port will be near the IDE connector and a little narrower in size.  That's probably the 3rd port you're seeing.  A dead giveaway will be lettering on the motherboard that says 'floppy' or 'disk'.  Be sure to align pin 1 with the stripe on the cable.
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I think linux might detect SATA as a SCSI drive. On some motherboards, Windows does not recognize SATA either and needs the floppy disk with drivers. \nI think I had luck with Fedora Core 4 and SATA drives. Also try Xandros.
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Ignore all that crap.  Most likely, the jumpers are already set to "cable select", which means all you have to do is put the cable that says "master" on the drive that you want to be the master drive, and connect the "slave" cable to the drive that you want to be the slave.\n\nNotice how there are two IDE connections on the motherboard.  Each one can hold a master/slave (normal is two hard drives, two optical drives for a total of four drives).  The first connection is the primary, and the second IDE connection on the motherboard is the secondary.  So it IS possible to be both the primary and the master.
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It doesn't have to be the EXACT same drive.  In reality it doesn't even have to be the same size.  BUT it is recommended they be the same type/size for best performance and to eliminate "waste".  What does need to be identical is the partition sizes on both drives. Another 7200rpm 160MB SATA HDD would be recommended in your case.
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I've seen this message before and the cause was the cable being used to connect the hard drive to the motherboard.  Try to swap out the cable and see if it works.  \n\nOtherwise, you might have a hard drive problem.