Yes, the drive is SATA. I don't think it's enabled in BIOS. I haven't done it (because I don't know how). Could I get some help with this. Or if it's posted somewhere else, can you point me in the right direction?
While I am not completely familiar with that model I have had a few dells so it should be similar setup. Right after you first power on your computer keep tapping the f2 key and your computer should then enter the system setup. Here you should find an option to enable sata drives under the drives section of the system setup. You will probably have to use down arrows on your keyboard to get to it and the enter key. On mine under drives the sata drives are listed and give the option to turn them on or off. The first drive (system drive) on my dell is 0 the second 1 and so on. Turn on the appropriate one and then save and axit the system setup.
Here is some more info that you may need after the drive is enabled in the system setup (bios). I would recommend you first try to use the WD data lifeguard tools after you enable the drive in system setup. If the WD tools work then there is no need to go further here. If the wd tools don't work for some reason you can initialize, partition, and format the new drive within windows drive management. I googled the steps to do this if you need them. Good luck.
- Open Disk Management in Windows XP.
From the Desktop or Start Menu, right click on My Computer and select Manage. This will open the Computer Management window. Click on Storage and select Disk Management.
- Initialize the new drive.
Windows XP may launch the Partition Wizard to initialize the new drive. If so, skip ahead to the Partition Wizard step below. If not, right click on the new drive (it will be detailed as 'Not Initialized' and show a black bar to the right of it's properties) and select Initialize. This will prepare the new drive to be used by Windows. A simple wizard will be displayed to confirm your selection.
- Right click on the drive's listing and select Partition. Follow the Partition wizard to finish the install process.
The wizard will prompt you for several responses (image 1, image 2)prior to creating the partition.
- Finished! Once the drive has been initialized, partitioned, and formatted it will display as a healthy drive with the size and type of partition below the volume name and drive letter (image).
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- Open Disk Management in Windows XP.
From the Desktop or Start Menu, right click on My Computer and select Manage. This will open the Computer Management window. Click on Storage and select Disk Management.
- Initialize the new drive.
Windows XP may launch the Partition Wizard to initialize the new drive. If so, skip ahead to the Partition Wizard step below. If not, right click on the new drive (it will be detailed as 'Not Initialized' and show a black bar to the right of it's properties) and select Initialize. This will prepare the new drive to be used by Windows. A simple wizard will be displayed to confirm your selection.
- Right click on the drive's listing and select Partition. Follow the Partition wizard to finish the install process.
The wizard will prompt you for several responses (image 1, image 2)prior to creating the partition.
- Finished! Once the drive has been initialized, partitioned, and formatted it will display as a healthy drive with the size and type of partition below the volume name and drive letter (image).