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April 15th, 2004 04:00
Help setting up WD SATA 200GB Hard Drive error restarting computer.
THIS IS FOR: Western Digital Serial (SATA) 200GB Hard Drive:
When trying to use Data Lifegaurd (supplied by Western Digital to help with installation and Partitioning) in windows XP it crashes, not allowing me to get into format the drive. (Errors) Not sure how to fix this problem. Instead I did the format and partioning through DOS even though it recommends me not to.
Next, after doing the DOS alternative, I try to restart my computer and it comes up with this error: "NTLDR not found" restart computer by cntr, alt, delete. I have to tell it to choose the Primary IDE drive. How do I fix this so that my computer will start normally?
Next, The new drive shows up as a Primary IDE drive in my device manager. Is this correct or should it be listed by itself under a catagory called Serial ATA?
Next, When I formated and partitioned the hard drive I LOST 13.69GB of hard drive space. I think this is horrible if I paid for a 200GB hard drive and I'm only getting 186.31GB! Is this normal?
Also, My Drive letters are K and L for this new hard drive. How do I changes these if I want them to appear BEFORE my CD-Roms and other devices? (ie: D and E).
So, Am I doning something completely wrong to have all these problems? Can anyone please address each issue ASAP?
Thanks, Marshall
Configuration:
Dimmensions 8300, Windows XP Pro, SP1
Pentium 4, 3.0Ghz, 800Mhz FSB
80GB Hard Drive
*NEW* 200GB SATA hard Drive
1GB DDRSDRAM
128MB ATI Radeon 9800 Video
Audigy 2 Sound card
Sony DRU-510A DVD-writer
Standard DVD-Rom
9-in-1 Multi-Card reader
Contected via USB:
Multi-Card reader
ADT- Battery Backup
Sony Clie
HP Printer
Sony Digital Camara
moral dubiousne
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April 16th, 2004 03:00
I assume that your 80 GB hard drive is a regular IDE. The reason for the boot error is that your computer is trying to boot to the SATA drive before your IDE drive. You may be able to resolve this issue by switching the SATA cable to the secondary (SATA 1) connector on the motherboard and configuring the drive as the secondary SATA drive in BIOS.
It is normal for the SATA drive to show up as an IDE drive in the Windows device manager. As for only having 186.31 GB of space, this is perfectly normal. I would have actually expected it to be less. This is due to different of 1 gigabyte. Drive makers call 1 billion bytes a gigabyte, while to Windows it is 2^30 bytes.
To change the drive letter, first open Computer Management by right-clicking My Computer and selecting Manage. Next select Drive Management from the list on the left. Now right-click on each CD-Rom, select Change Drive Letters and Paths, and change their letters to whatever you like. Then do the same for each partition on the SATA drive. Drive Management is also an easier way to create and format partitions than the DOS method.
Good luck, I hope this helps.
motch6
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April 16th, 2004 15:00
The 80GB hard drive is IDE.
I changed the SATA drive to the Secondary chanel but am still having problems booting from the Hard Disk (C) (IDE hard drive). I have gone into the BIOS and it still shows that in the Boot Sequence that the Hard Disk Drive (C) is what it is being booted from first. The new SATA drive doesn't even show up in the Boot Sequence options.
BUT, I did notice in my BIOS that there is something called: Hard Disk Drive Sequence. These are the options when you go into it: 1) System BIOS Boot devices, 2) USB devices (not installed).
I noticed when I formated the new SATA hard drive that System BIOS device was something said. I don't remember anything other than that. But in this Hard Disk Drive Sequence area I can't change anything.
Any help getting me past this "NTLDR is missing" error?
Configuration:
Dimmensions 8300, Windows XP Pro, SP1
Pentium 4, 3.0Ghz, 800Mhz FSB
80GB IDE Hard Drive
*NEW* 200GB SATA hard Drive
1GB DDRSDRAM
128MB ATI Radeon 9800 Video
Audigy 2 Sound card
Sony DRU-510A DVD-writer
Standard DVD-Rom
9-in-1 Multi-Card reader
Contected via USB:
Multi-Card reader
ADT- Battery Backup
Sony Clie
HP Printer
Sony Digital Camara
moral dubiousne
7 Posts
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April 16th, 2004 18:00
Try using diskpart from the command line. At the diskpart prompt use the command "list disk" to show the physical drives, now type "select disk N", where N is the number of the 200 GB drive, and hit enter (be careful not to select the old drive, that could be bad). Now type "clean". This will clear the Master Boot Record on that drive and let you start from scratch.
Now close the command window and go to the Disk Management utility that I mentioned before. Right-click on the box listing the drive you just cleaned (there should be an error symbol on it) and select "Initialize Disk". Now right-click on the free space in the drive and create the partitions. Be sure not to set any of the partitions you create as Active.
Post back with the results.