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| 24 Jul 2010 | #1 |
| | secondary SATA HD I have been trying to plug in a secondary HD using SATA cables. I have 4 SATA ports 1 has my current HD in the other has my DVD/RW in but wen plugin a second HD in to one of the other ports it did not respond in any way what so ever, does anyone know why that might be |
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| 24 Jul 2010 | #2 |
| | You may need to go to control panel>Administrative tools>Computer managment, then format the drive before you can use it. |
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| 24 Jul 2010 | #4 |
| | Is the SATA port you are plugging the new HDD in to enabled in the BIOS? |
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Quote: Originally Posted by BomberAF  You may need to go to control panel>Administrative tools>Computer managment, then format the drive before you can use it.  |
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| 24 Jul 2010 | #6 |
| | Thanks for all the advice. I have sorted the problem by hitting F2 on start up an enabling SATA_2 |
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| 24 Jul 2010 | #7 |
| | So now you can change you name to I have a bit of a clue  Steve |
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| 24 Jul 2010 | #8 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by Aint got a clue Thanks for all the advice. I have sorted the problem by hitting F2 on start up an enabling SATA_2 |
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