Re: Hitachi IBM SATA not recognized by Win XP SP@

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From: John R Weiss (jrweiss98155(at)_at_[NOSPAM)
Date: 01/21/05


Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 20:18:33 -0800


"John Arnold" <aap3@att.net> wrote...
>
> Finishes booting up....but the new IBM Hitachi drive does not show up. No
> nothing.
>
> Tried rebooting, etc....still nothing. Tried "F2" going into set-up...can't
> find drive.
>
> Tried physically uninstalling, booting the computer, then
> uninstalling...nothing.

Does the physical disk show in the Disk Management panel (Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Storage)? If so, you only need to
assign it a drive letter, but you may want to re-partition and reformat in NTFS
first.