SATA HDD AND VISTA ISSUE

Clarifications

http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/hddfaqs
.htm#a1, post back if you're still having
problems.

Jeff

Make sure that the cables are correctly attached. Also you might want to check the power cable that is attached to the hdd is connected through a power lead that comes from your power supply. If the cables are not connected properly then your drive will not show up in the bios.

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.
If this information is useful, please mark as helpful. Thanks.

What M'Board is it attached to here and what are the Specifications of this computer.

It's possible that SATA Drivers have not been installed and until this happens the HDD will not be visible to the system or it's also possible that you need to make changes to the BIOS to allow the SATA Drive to be used.

Of course if you have existing SATA Drives in this computer and you are unable to Format the New HDD in Disc Management then you either have it installed incorrectly or have a Faulty HDD.

As new HDD's do not come formatted you need to Prepare them for Formatting in Windows and then Format them.

Col