SATA Hard Drive - visible, not not usable?

Discussion in 'Storage Devices' started by acideye, Mar 23, 2005.

  1. acideye

    acideye Geek Trainee

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    Hi peepl! I need some help, I have a mainboard: ASUS A7V600-X, and I am trying to install a SATA Hard Drive, I did everything following the instructions and in the end the actual Hard Drive is visible in the Device Manager -> "Device is working properly" - But, I have no access to it. It is also visible to VIA RAID TOOL - basically it is visible but not usable. What am I doing wrong?
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  2. Waffle

    Waffle Alpha Geek

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    It's possible that the drive hasn't been formatted. You cannot use a brand new drive, straight from the factory without formatting it.

    For XP, go to Control Panel>>Administrator Tools>>Computer Management>>Disk Manager, and you will see the disk there, right click and choose to format it. Do a full format, and you should be able to access it.
     
  3. acideye

    acideye Geek Trainee

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    Thanx a lot mate! You helped me out big time! :good:
     

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