Just got new HDD.

willhub · 30 Jun 2007 at 10:27

Hi, well I just got a new Western Digital 320GB Sata 2 16mb cache HDD, I've fitted it, and its showing in windows, had to format it, so I formated it as a "Simple Volume", whats a Simple Volume? Have I dont right to format it as this?, still using the IDE hdd's for windows for the moment whilst I use paragon to partition the HDD after sorting this Simple Partition thing then will install Windows XP/Vista onto the drive.

fobose · 30 Jun 2007 at 10:42

All my drives including windows and storage drives are all "basic" type. You can just use your windows CD to partition the drive - by booting from it, then once setup files are loaded it gives you the option to partition the drive.

willhub · 30 Jun 2007 at 10:44

fobose said:
All my drives including windows and storage drives are all "basic" type. You can just use your windows CD to partition the drive - by booting from it, then once setup files are loaded it gives you the option to partition the drive.

I can use Paragon from in Windows to format, Basic is the same as Simple aint it?

willhub · 30 Jun 2007 at 14:39

Well I disconnected all my IDE drives, slipped the CD in, started creating partitions, formatting the HDD, then copying files, then I re-started, and I got an error like, Error, unable to load Operating system, or Error loading Operating System, or No operating system found, aint sure which one, think it was Error Loading Operating System, but I had to plug the IDE drives back in and repair Windows XP on that since even that would not boot after it, just a black screen :confused:

How am I supposed to install XP on the SATA, some special software I need?

Borden · 30 Jun 2007 at 16:00

Did you install the SATA drivers for your motherboard in the windows setup? There is an option before it starts loading everything that asks you to press F6 to install drivers. You need to do this and have the SATA drivers on a floppy ready to load.

Your motherboard manual/website should have some information on this as the SATA controller, and thus drivers needed, vary between motherboards.

willhub · 30 Jun 2007 at 16:33

mark1 said:
Did you install the SATA drivers for your motherboard in the windows setup? There is an option before it starts loading everything that asks you to press F6 to install drivers. You need to do this and have the SATA drivers on a floppy ready to load.

Your motherboard manual/website should have some information on this as the SATA controller, and thus drivers needed, vary between motherboards.

So I need to install Sata drivers even before installing Windows so that it works? I mean I managed to format the drive in Windows and use it, but just cant get XP to install onto them.

philip41 · 30 Jun 2007 at 17:38

Hi willhub, i am in a similar situation right now, Sata drive recognised in windows, I ghosted the ide c: drive to the new sata, shutdown removed the ide drive, rebooted, all goes fine until i get to the xp splash screen, then it just sits there doing nowt.

willhub · 30 Jun 2007 at 19:48

philip41 said:
Hi willhub, i am in a similar situation right now, Sata drive recognised in windows, I ghosted the ide c: drive to the new sata, shutdown removed the ide drive, rebooted, all goes fine until i get to the xp splash screen, then it just sits there doing nowt.

Hey, I found out that entering the drive options in Bios then changing something from "Auto" to "Large" actually got it to work for me

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philip41 · 30 Jun 2007 at 20:05

Hi mate glad you got it sorted, no luck here so far.

willhub · 30 Jun 2007 at 20:19

Just wondering, is 67mins good for a SATA hdd when transfering 100GB from a IDE HDD to a SATA 2 drive?

mattyrigby00 · 30 Jun 2007 at 21:05

glad its working

thats around 25.5 mb (well 25.472636815920398009950248756219mb) per second - fairly good.

willhub · 30 Jun 2007 at 21:51

mattyrigby00 said:
glad its working

thats around 25.5 mb (well 25.472636815920398009950248756219mb) per second - fairly good.

Why's it so slow? :confused:

, I thought they run at 150mb/s, and 115 for IDE? :confused:

fobose · 1 Jul 2007 at 00:08

IDE aka PATA can run at 133mb/s, SATA I can run at 150mb/s and SATA II can run at 300mb/s - these however are only burst speeds. Your average mb/s will probably be more around the mark of about 40-50 for older drives and 60-70 for new ones.

mattyrigby00 · 1 Jul 2007 at 00:10

willhub said:
Why's it so slow? , I thought they run at 150mb/s, and 115 for IDE?

drives run at much slower than the bandwidth of sata/ide