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metroid010	Dec 22 2004, 04:00 AM Post #1
nFm [ not leaving ] Group: Private Member Posts: 60 Joined: 19-March 04 Member No.: 38	I just got a bunch of stuff, one of them being a Samsung 120 gig SATA hard drive. I wanted to run this with my Maxtor 80 gig IDE Can I do this? Right now, it's installed, but i don't see it under My Computer, but my computer does recognize it in the hardware manager I got this OEM off Newegg, and i didn't get any drivers or anything...

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metroid010	Dec 22 2004, 04:27 PM Post #2
nFm [ not leaving ] Group: Private Member Posts: 60 Joined: 19-March 04 Member No.: 38	It does appear in Disk Management, but I can't do anything to it. There are no options for me to format or partition. What kind of partition should it be? Primary, extended, or logical?

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metroid010 SATA Hard Drives Dec 22 2004, 04:00 AM

optomos What mobo you got? you running one as master and o... Dec 22 2004, 04:27 AM

metroid010 Alright, mobo is asus A7N8X, my IDE is the master,... Dec 22 2004, 05:39 AM

optomos Did you enable the serial controler? "jumper ... Dec 22 2004, 07:00 AM

metroid010 Yeah, it's the deluxe. I found the Silicon Ima... Dec 22 2004, 07:08 AM

optomos Did you install the regular drivers? If so you wil... Dec 22 2004, 07:12 AM

metroid010 Yeah, i tried that, but I didn't know what to ... Dec 22 2004, 07:15 AM

optomos Do you have 2 SATA drives? Dec 22 2004, 07:18 AM

metroid010 nope, just 1 so i don't think i can make a rai... Dec 22 2004, 07:18 AM

optomos No you wont be able to make a RAID, but thats the ... Dec 22 2004, 07:22 AM

metroid010 Well, is there just a way I could format it, since... Dec 22 2004, 07:25 AM

optomos Have you downloaded the newest drivers and utility... Dec 22 2004, 07:31 AM

Audiyoda Right-click on "My Computer", select ... Dec 22 2004, 12:21 PM

metroid010 It does appear in Disk Management, but I can't... Dec 22 2004, 04:27 PM

optomos Metroid010, I dont think your getting it.....the S... Dec 22 2004, 04:56 PM

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