New SATA drive problem

In article <1135713828.415997.192810.DeleteThis@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
says...
> Hi
>
> Have just installed a new Maxtor 300gb drive, on a serial ATA
> controller card (Silicon Image). The install went well without any
> errors, device manager see's both the controller and the disk.
>
> My problem is that i can't seem to use this drive, it's nowhere to be
> found.
>
> My Mobo even see's it at BIOS level and gives me the option to boot
> from it. I'm using XP Pro with the opp system on a IDE drive and then
> the new SATA as a salve.
>
> Any Ideas
>
You HAVE partitioned it, formatted it and assigned it a drive letter in
Disk Management?

What version of XP Pro? It's either SP1 or SP2 you need to use as older
versions don't support 48bit LBA.


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<marklindley.RemoveThis@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:1135713828.415997.192810@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> Hi
>
> Have just installed a new Maxtor 300gb drive, on a serial ATA
> controller card (Silicon Image). The install went well without any
> errors, device manager see's both the controller and the disk.
>
> My problem is that i can't seem to use this drive, it's nowhere to be
> found.
>
> My Mobo even see's it at BIOS level and gives me the option to boot
> from it. I'm using XP Pro with the opp system on a IDE drive and then
> the new SATA as a salve.
>
> Any Ideas
>
> Oakey
>
It should show up both in device mgr. and disk mgmt. If so, you just need to
format it and give it a drive letter.
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