secondary SATA HD

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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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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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Is the SATA port you are plugging the new HDD in to enabled in the BIOS?
 

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Built my first computer (8Mhz 8088cpu, 640K RAM, 20MB HDD, 2 360K floppy drives) in 1985 and have been building them for myself, relatives and friends ever since.
Thanks for all the advice.
I have sorted the problem by hitting F2 on start up an enabling SATA_2
 

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Dell Optiplex 780 Desktop
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9400 @ 2.66GHz
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series
Sound Card
SoundMAX Integrated Digital High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
ST2410
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
WDC WD1600HLFS-75G6u1
PSU
Dell Model: AC305AM-00
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Desktop
So now you can change you name to I have a bit of a clue ;)



Steve
 

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