Re: Adding a SATA hard drive
- From: "Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 16:26:18 -0500
Philip:
Glad to have your additional comments. Just one further comment on my
part...
You're much too charitable when you say "It's still a growing industry, with
everyone vying for pole position - so such confusion is understandable. It's
still a pain, though :o)". In my view, all this confusion re the
installation of SATA hard drives is *not* understandable, certainly not at
this late date. SATA drives have been on the market for better than three
years now, and there was a considerable run-up in time leading to the
development & specifications involving these devices. As I stated, I find it
incomprehensible that the industry as a whole could not (apparently) agree
upon a standardized, straightforward & relatively simple installation
routine involving these devices.
But do let us know how you make out.
Anna
"Philip Andrews" <philipfaeunst@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:edrPN5lCGHA.740@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello Anna,
>
> "Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OEjTejkCGHA.3812@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>> Philip:
>> First of all, the 137 GB large-capacity drive limitation isn't your
>> problem, so forget about that MS KB article. It's a virtual certainty
>> your motherboard supports large-capacity disks, i.e., > 137 GB and you're
>> XP OS contains SP1 and/or SP2. Those are the two basic conditions for the
>> system to recognize drives > 137 GB.
>
> It looks as though everything's OK in that direction anyway, thanks -
> my ATAPI.SYS file is revision
>
>> It most certainly sounds like a SATA driver issue; either the driver
>> wasn't initially installed properly or, somehow the wrong drivers were
>> installed. You say "that the disk used to supply the drivers for my
>> motherboard wasn't the correct one for the mainboard...". That is most
>> peculiar. Are you saying the Foxconn installation CD that came with your
>> motherboard was the wrong one, at least with respect to the SATA drivers?
>> How did you learn this?
>
> By inserting the CD in the CD-ROM drive - I get the message 'This
> Utility CD can't support your mainboard'. I got around behind the problem
> by using Explorer to allow manual installation and crossing my fingers -
> but it's becoming clear that I should have asked for a workable disk at
> purchase time (sheer impatience to get going after a 6-week holdup, with
> the board sitting on the shelf leering at me - not an excuse, not even
> much of a reason).
>
>
>> Re your final question. Yes, you're correct that a SATA HD can be used in
>> a non-RAID environment.
>
> Thanks - I was beginning to think that I might have to shell out more
> cash on a second 300 GB drive, to go with the existing unit.
>
>
>> Frankly, this situation re the installation of SATA hard drives is a
>> plague brought about by the industry itself. Why a straightforward
>> standardized method of installing a SATA HD in a non-RAID environment,
>> (similar to the one inherent in installing PATA-IDE drives), wasn't
>> developed by the industry is both a mystery and a curse. All one has to
>> do is peruse newsgroups like this one to see the plaintive calls for help
>> from users who are experiencing difficulty in this area. There should not
>> be this level of difficulty and confusion. But we don't seem to have any
>> other choice but to live with it, at least for the moment.
>
> It's still a growing industry, with everyone vying for pole position -
> so such confusion is understandable. It's still a pain, though :o)
>
>
>> Philip, you've got to read your motherboard's manual and hopefully find
>> clear & detailed instructions in that manual re the installation of SATA
>> hard drives. Unfortunately the process, let alone clear instructions,
>> seems to differ from motherboard to motherboard as noted above.
>
> That's the main problem here - the manual is good, but it stops short
> of a 'recipe' for installing the SATA drive and its drivers, and then
> configuring the disk for use. I CAN get various utilities to begin
> formatting the drive - but each time I try it the formatting process
> appears to reach 100% (indicated), only to return a message which amounts
> to 'format was unsuccessful'. It's pretty irritating - like seeing a part
> on a stores shelf and being able to point to it, but having to quote a
> part-number to the storeman before you can take delivery!
>
>> Anyway, good luck and please keep us informed of your progress and how
>> you resolved the problem.
>> Anna
>
> Thanks - I'll get there in the end, and then I'll post a recipe for how
> I did it - as payback for help received.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Philip
>>
>>
>
>
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