Re: SATA Western Digital Caviar HD install and set up problems
- From: "DL" <address@invalid>
- Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 14:19:56 +0100
The F6 option may be required when you initially install win, in order to
utilise the sata/raid controller.
Since your system is functioning, under raid, there is no need to install
via F6 again.
Your mobo can utilise two forms of raid using two different drivers, this I
believe is what the bios is referring to (IDE & Sata) since you are
successfully using raid sata there is no need for the other.
According to the mobo & bios settings manual if you are allready using sata
raid there is nothing else required to use another sata drive.
Have you tried this drive on another system, or even used WD Seatools to
test this drive?
BTW You can download the manual from UK or US Gigabyte sites - the
translation may be easier on the eye.
Andrew is I'm afraid mixing fact with fiction, as usual, There is no need to
F6 or use DiskPart or any other command line tools
"John" <kermitbaby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Bob, Andrew,
Many thanks for your help.
Disconnecting the WD allows Windows to boot again. Reconnecting it causes
the boot failure.
The WD is a 'straight from the box drive'. I've read and re-read the MB
manual until I can quote chunks of it verbatim but there's no further
reference to this issue. Nor can I find anything under any of the tabs,
every one of which I've been into.
I was just beginning to think about the reference to 'Boot from CD' and
the F6 process involved in setting up the Raid 0 array when I first
acquired this PC when I saw Andrew's post. Setting up Raid originally was
a nightmare, in large part due to Gigabyte's less than total command of
English. Here in Australia we're lumped with Asia and everything,
manuals, support mail, is translated in Taiwan. Gigabyte just will not
employ a native English speaker to ensure clarity of language and the
results often are incomprehensible gibberish. It would be comical if not
so frustrating! If I hadn't eventually accessed a support site in the
States (where there was a step by step, illustrated 'child's guide', I
doubt I'd ever have set it up.
Andrew, is there any danger, when going back into the F6 process, of
losing the existing Raid0 array/the XP installation/data? I'll be doing a
full back up before attempting this but the very thought of repeating
that experience brings me out in a cold sweat. (Don't forget, just
because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not trying to get you!)
I'll give it a go but would appreciate your further advice on this point.
Regards,
John
"Andrew E." <eckrichco@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Some of youre problem may be in the BIOS,enabling both RAID controllers
to work at same time,even if WDC SATA is solo...Also,Alot of
hds,specially
SATA dont even get recognized since they are in a "raw state" from
mfg..Try
enabling as needed in BIOS,boot to xp cd,press F6 option,with WDC SATA
conn-
ected,install youre SATA drivers for that controller,once thru,& just
before xp
cd menu starts,tap r For recovery,disreguard the "no OS is present,etc"
at
recovery entrance page,type:DiskPart In DiskPart,create a
partition,press
ESC
key,then,either type:FORMAT E: /FS:NTFS E: being WDC SATA,or type:EXIT
Let xp start-up...Format in diskmgmt.msc
"John" wrote:
I'm having mega headaches trying to install a SATA HD and get it
running.
My motherboard is a Gigabyte 915P MB -GA-8195P Duo (Pro), new about 2 ½
years ago - which initially had 2 Hitachi 160 GB SATA HDs set up in a
Raid O
array. These occupy two of the four SATA slots on the MB.
It also had an IDE DVD RW originally and I later added a SATA Pioneer
DVD RW
in one of the spare slots. This was recognised by windows and worked
immediately.
I've now acquired a Western Digital 400GB SATA drive to occupy the last
remaining SATA slot.
WD's web site indicated that a jumper was required to cause this second
generation SATA drive to revert to a 150MB?s transfer rate which is the
speed quoted in the Gigabyte MB user guide. It reads:
"S_ATA0/S_ATA1/S_ATA2/S_ATA3 (Serial ATA Connector)
Serial ATA can provide 150MB'stransfer rate. Please refer to the BIOS
settings for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order to
work
properly" (My italics - I don't understand the reference to installing a
driver).
The problem.
The WD HD shows up during POST and in CMOS but Windows will not boot.
Instead the following message appears:
"Boot from CD
Boot from CD
Disk boot failure. Insert system disk and press enter."
I've been into BIOS to try and fix things.
In Bios, the standard CMOS features show the following:
"IDE Channel 0 Master HL-DTST DVD RAM GSH (The IDE DVD
RW?)
IDE Channel 0 Slave None
IDE Channel 2 Master S_ATA1_ Raid drive
IDE Channel 2 Slave S_ATA2_ (the Western's id)
IDE Channel 3 Master S_ATA3_ Raid drive
IDE Channel 3 Slave S_ATA4_ (the Pioneer's id)"
In the Advanced BIOS features the boot priority is:
"Hard drive
CD Rom
Floppy."
On entering the Hard Drive Boot Priority, I found at first that the WD
HD
appeared before Intel Raid - Volume 0 (assumed to be the Hitachi RAID
drives. I changed the order and rebooted, hoping that I had solved the
problem. But the same "Disk boot failure. Insert system disk and press
enter." Message appears.
What have I missed? The MB user guide reference to "Please refer to the
BIOS settings for the Serial ATA and install the proper driver in order
to
work properly" confuses me. What drivers?
Can anyone help me out with this and tell me what to do to get this new
HD
up and running?
TIA
John
.
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