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SATA HD not working?

  • 06-03-2006 5:14pm
    #1
    starman100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 345 ✭✭


    I bought a second-hand 120GB Seagate SATA HD on Ebay but I am having problems installing. My primary drive is IDE and works fine, the new drive is for backup, storage, etc.

    My BIOS wont recognise it - I am getting install errors when booting through the Promise and VIA SATA controller screens (motherboard is an ASUS A8V Deluxe), consequently it is not showing up in Windows XP. I have enabled all the BIOS SATA options and installed the drivers in Windows.

    The drive is making some very strange clicking and grinding noises when the PC is booting - might the HD be broken or might this be due to the fact the HD came from another PC and probably needs re-formating?

    Any advice would be much appreciated.


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