Yes, it should be fine. Unless the PC is a pre 2001 or thereabouts system it will almost certainly have at least an ATA100 controller. Slower controllers will operate the drive, but at the lower data...

You don't need to look for the controller. If it's onboard SATA the controller will be in the motherboard chipset. If the system can already accept SATA drives you need to look for the SATA drive...

Hi, and welcome to DaniWeb.


First thing you need to do is ensure that your system is suitable for SATA hard drives. The motherboard needs to have a SATA controller onboard, and have sockets for...

Which Windows version are you using please? If you are running Windows XP you shouldn't be, because that hard drive is too small!

Refer you to this topic, Thong man:
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread26820.html

PC boy, I've already merged two of your topics which related to this same problem. Could you PLEASE...

I probably should extend that to include mutiple media players, multiple DVD palying applications etc etc..........

Decide on the program you actually WANT to use and stick with it. Less problems...

I'd strongly suggest that the uninstall/reinstall be the first response, and the upperfilter/lowerfilter registry edit be done only if the problems recur. There are quite a few similar circumstances...

First up. Emergency action.

There should be a tiny round hole at front of the unit. With the PC turned off, unfold a metal paperclip, poke it in the hole and manually eject the CD that's in the...

Nope. Software needs to be able to access the drive. A professional data retrieval service could probbaly get it back by removing the platters and fitting them to another drive case, but it'd be...

I've just had a chat with fellow Moderaotor coconut monkey about your problem and he's of the suspicion that perhaps one of your systems is faulty and is 'frying' the hard drives which are fitted in...

I'm suspecting that this may be an older computer, for which there is a limit to the size of hard drive that BIOS can accurately detect. You may need to use drive installation software from Seagate...

What are the settings for BIOS boot order? 1st device, 2nd device, etc etc?

Is there a floppy disk in the drive? Is the system set to boot from CD-ROM and there is a non-bootable CD in the drive?

Have you tried resetting CMOS (either by hardware jumper method or by removing the CMOS battery for several minutes) and then rebooting to see if the drive is detected?

Is BIOS setup configured to...

Hi, I've merged your two topics as they relate to the identical problem.

You'll need to provide us with some details in order that we can work out what is going on. Please let us know the make...

For starters you can't put XP on a drive in one PC, then put the drive in another PC. XP won't boot if you do that.

Before you go jumping to conclusions, check BIOS setup in your PC and ensure...

I don't believe that either of you have a hardware problem. Error messages which indicate a device driver issue are usually the result of corruption in your Windows installation, and that is a...

Okay, and sorry I neglected to answer your original question.

You can install a new replacement drive, partition it and install Windows XP from the XP CD. You can also swap your original drive...

What wattage is your power unit? It won't be the reason for the slowdowns. A genral buildup of rubbish on your Windows drive will be doing that ;)

Unless the original hard drive is malfunctioning, you can add the new drive as a secondary one as others have said. There is no need to replace the original if it still works.

A current generation SATA drive has a maximum theoretical data transfer speed of 150mbps. A current IDE hard drive has a maximum theoretical data transfer speed of 133mbps. Bugger all difference. ...

No, a SATA does not increase your system's speed to any degree at all. For browsing tasks you would not notice the difference, for games at best you will get a marginal reduction in load times.
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That procedure will also work if you change boot order in BIOS, boot from the Windows CD and install from there.

All you need do is ensure that you choose the partition to install the new Windows...

Copy them to a floppy. When prompted to 'Press F6 to load drivers' during the installation of XP, pop in the floppy.

If the hard drive itself has not been damaged you can remove it, fit it to an 'External hard drive caddy' (Google that term for examples) and retrieve the data off it.

Ensure that you get an...

If you have further problems please indicate which Windows version you are using.

OK. You need to locate the jumper panels on the original CD drive and on your CD-burner. You'll notice in the diagram above that there are 3 positions for the jumper cap to be configured for. Your...

Your problem will be with the way you have configured the hardware, not with the way you have installed the software. The CD burner should be recognised by the machine and by Windows without the...

Should be as normal. The quickest way to confirm it, of course, is to plug it in and see if BIOS sees the drive. If it doesn't and can see it when the connector is reversed, then you have it...

Rthless, put the second drive in the system and ensure it is correctly configured as a secondary drive. Then perform a Refresh Install of Windows XP on the second drive and the multi-boot structure...

Rthlss, this is an old topic which has dropped down the list because it is now quite dated in the information it provides. Please don't revive suvch old topics unless there is specifically something...

I'd suggest you go back, right-click on the partition you just created and delete it. Then create a partition again only this time make it a Primary partition instead of an Extended partition. A...

Right-click the disk and choose Initialize

Then right-click the unallocated space and choose to create patition(s). NTFS partitions are best if you plan to use the drive only with this PC.
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Start the PC, boot to windows, then plug the external drive caddy in and see if Windows detects it. It will not be identified as drive D:because if is a removable drive.


Edit: Surely the best...

We've asked for a different question to be asked in this topic and that by implication means that we don't want different questions to be answered in the topic. Please provide suggestions related to...

Daz, you have an existing topic in the Windows XP section for this specific problem. It's better placed there so please don't cross-post the same problem in different forum sections. This...

You need to determine the exact make and model number of the original hard drive, and determine what the various jumper configurations for it are. Not all drives use the same pins in the same places...

If you read my comments in your other thread, you'll find that there actually IS a mounting point for another hard drive in that case! ;)

The first thing you did wrong is not read those comments! ...

If you look at the diagram at the bottom of page 5 you'll see there is a mounting arrangement for another drive to be fitted vertically at the front. The diagram at the top of page 5 shows how to...

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/p/partition.html

You can have one partition which uses all the space on the drive, or several which each use some of the space. Until a partition is created on the...

Can't help you with detailed instructions about opening that PC and how to fit the drive to the drive cradle. HP Pavilion machines use special built cases which have non-standard procedures and...