XP not recognizing SATA drive

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Vince Radice

I have installed a SATA drive, but cannot get XP to recognize it. In
particular, Device Manager sees it and says it is working properly, but
Computer Management/Disk Management does not show it. It shows my two
IDE drives, my CDR drive, and DVD drive. No SATA device As far as I
can tell, I have the latest BIOS and drivers installed. I have looked
into the BIOS Settings and cannot find anything there. Other places say
I must format it before Windows will find it, but how can I format it if
Windows can't find it? Thanks.
 
I have installed a SATA drive, but cannot get XP to recognize it. In
particular, Device Manager sees it and says it is working properly, but
Computer Management/Disk Management does not show it. It shows my two
IDE drives, my CDR drive, and DVD drive. No SATA device As far as I
can tell, I have the latest BIOS and drivers installed. I have looked
into the BIOS Settings and cannot find anything there. Other places say
I must format it before Windows will find it, but how can I format it if
Windows can't find it? Thanks.
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Did you install a SATA driver for the SATA drive controller? The SATA
drive must show up in the BIOS before XP can "see" it, unless the SATA
port is a SATA RAID port. Check with the motherboard manual or
manufacturer's web site. You need to install a SATA driver since XP
only is "supposed" to see Intel based SATA controllers.
 
smlunatick said:
Did you install a SATA driver for the SATA drive controller? The SATA
drive must show up in the BIOS before XP can "see" it, unless the SATA
port is a SATA RAID port. Check with the motherboard manual or
manufacturer's web site. You need to install a SATA driver since XP
only is "supposed" to see Intel based SATA controllers.
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Yes, the SATA driver is installed. Why does the drive show up in the
Device Manager list but not the Disk Management window?

The Device Manager says that the controller and the device are
functioning properly.
 
What motherboard?

Vince Radice said:
Yes, the SATA driver is installed. Why does the drive show up in the
Device Manager list but not the Disk Management window?

The Device Manager says that the controller and the device are
functioning properly.
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You've checked mobo jumpers Sata jumpers are correctly set and that your
sata drive is connected to the correct port?
Your Bios setting for serial ports are corretly set?
The above is explained in your mobo manual

In Hardware devices check SCI & Raid Controllers is Sil 3112 sataraid
listed?
If not I believe you will find you need to create a floppy containing the
raid/stata drivers
Si3112r.mpd
TxtSetup.oem
Si3112r.inf
Si3112r.sys
SIISUPP.vxd
Then undertake a repair installation of winxp using the F6 option early in
the process to install third party drivers from floppy

*NB*
However I've just seen a tech document from Asus (A7N8x deLux) in which they
state " Drives connected to the Sil controler do not support none raid
function"
So my initial thoughts would seem to be irelevent :(
Unless possibly Sil driver has been update to support a single sata in JBOD
config and I'm afraid I cannot see any confirmation of this.
 
DL said:
You've checked mobo jumpers Sata jumpers are correctly set and that your
sata drive is connected to the correct port?
Your Bios setting for serial ports are corretly set?
The above is explained in your mobo manual
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The only BIOS setting is for boot sequence - I do not intend at this
time to boot from this device.

There is a jumper on the MOBO to enable/disable SATA. The jumper is set
to enable. I have tried the disable position and the HDD and controller
do not show up in Device manager. It is currently set to Enable.
In Hardware devices check SCI & Raid Controllers is Sil 3112 sataraid
listed?
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The controller is listed and is functioning properly.

The hdd also shows up under disks and is working properly.

If not I believe you will find you need to create a floppy containing the
raid/stata drivers
Si3112r.mpd
TxtSetup.oem
Si3112r.inf
Si3112r.sys
SIISUPP.vxd
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I have downloaded and installed the latest version I can find. These
are version 1.0.0.33.

Then undertake a repair installation of winxp using the F6 option early in
the process to install third party drivers from floppy

*NB*
However I've just seen a tech document from Asus (A7N8x deLux) in which they
state " Drives connected to the Sil controler do not support none raid
function"
So my initial thoughts would seem to be irelevent :(
Unless possibly Sil driver has been update to support a single sata in JBOD
config and I'm afraid I cannot see any confirmation of this.
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I have looked at some other places and it looks like others are using
only 1 drive.


Why does the hdd show up in Device Manager and not in Disk Management?
 
Well I can only go by the Asus tech doc;
If others are using a single sata on this specific controller you need to
speak with them.
Because hardware devices recognises the Controller, it doesn't mean the hard
drive will be available to disk management, which tends to be borne out by
the Asus doc
 
I figured it out. The hard drive was locked (whatever that means)
probably because it was used on a Linux system. I used the WD
diagnostics on the UBCD (Ultimate Boot CD - a geeks requirement). It
showed the hdd as locked. Further investigation revealed another
program on the CD - HDAT2 - will fix that. I unlocked the hdd and XP is
formatting it as I type. I want to thank all who took the time to try
to help me. Vince Radice
 
glad you are good to go

Vince Radice said:
I figured it out. The hard drive was locked (whatever that means) probably
because it was used on a Linux system. I used the WD diagnostics on the
UBCD (Ultimate Boot CD - a geeks requirement). It showed the hdd as
locked. Further investigation revealed another program on the CD - HDAT2 -
will fix that. I unlocked the hdd and XP is formatting it as I type. I
want to thank all who took the time to try to help me. Vince Radice
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