raptor help

paradisiac · 26 Dec 2009 at 02:45

hi, just go a WD1500ADFD 150GB Raptor HDD. windows detects it fine and i can transfer files to it and format it ok. so i went to use acronis to clone my current HDD over to the raptor but acronis doesnt detect the drive. so not to worry, will try a fresh install, but again, windows 7 installation wont detect the drive either. its showing up in the bios fine and will work fine in windows.

any ideas?

paradisiac · 26 Dec 2009 at 04:42

well i tried paragon and that gave I/O errors and suggested a chkdsk, which i did and that said it was fine. downloaded the acronis wd edition off western digitals site and that doesnt recognise the drive either, tried to run their lifeguard software and it errors saying the cable is faulty, but its worked with other drives fine. im stumped now.

what i have noticed though, is in lifeguard my samsung sata drive says IDE after the model number and the raptor says SATA, possible driver issue maybe, but then why would windows see it and use if fine?

paradisiac · 26 Dec 2009 at 14:32

anyone with any ideas?

paradisiac · 7 Jan 2010 at 21:49

still no ideas?

paradisiac · 7 Jan 2010 at 22:31

yeah tried all of that and no go. so i tried installing xp, and that finds the drive fine, so must be a windows 7 thing. problem is, the AHCI drivers need to be on a floppy disc for xp, and i dont have one

paradisiac · 8 Jan 2010 at 08:59

will the raptor run at full potential with sata set to ide?

also, is xp pro good enough these days or am i better trying to find out how to get it to work on windows 7? if so, any ideas whats going on. i found the vista ahci drivers, tried to install vista, it finds the drivers, loads them from usb stick, but still cant see the raptor. is starting to get frustrating. also,ideally i would like it to be 64bit still so i can up my ram if required, remember xp64 having a few issues when i last used it.

paradisiac · 8 Jan 2010 at 11:39

it was the only drive connected, its setup exactly the same way when i tried install xp, vista and 7, xp is the only one that detects it.

paradisiac · 8 Jan 2010 at 12:28

not yet as im at work but that seems to be my only option. unless it will run fine on ide mode instead of ahci?

paradisiac · 8 Jan 2010 at 12:31

so could just run xp off that, shame vista and 7 dont see the drive though, really annoying.

paradisiac · 8 Jan 2010 at 17:27

it comes up with the no drives detected and gives me an option to load drivers, have tried on 3 different motherboard and none of them will find the drive after i install the AHCI drivers on either vista or win7, yet xp does fine. is really wierd.

paradisiac · 8 Jan 2010 at 23:32

Ok, final thoughts, will the raptor be noticable better than my current Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB?

paradisiac · 8 Jan 2010 at 23:47

its a WD1500ADFD 150GB, which i believe is a velociraptor (10k rpm). what im thinking is if i wont really notice too much of a difference, keep the Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB in my gaming/media pc with win 7 and fit the WD1500ADFD 150GB into my internet pc and just stick xp pro on it.