20 Feb 2006 at 22:13 #1 Andybtsn Andybtsn Don Joined 23 Oct 2005 Posts 44,255 Location North Yorkshire I've bought a SATA2 hdd for a secondary hdd. To use this is as my secondary hdd, is it ok to just plug and play, or will i need to creat a partition and install windows on it? I'm not too sure
I've bought a SATA2 hdd for a secondary hdd. To use this is as my secondary hdd, is it ok to just plug and play, or will i need to creat a partition and install windows on it? I'm not too sure
20 Feb 2006 at 22:14 #3 Andybtsn Andybtsn Don OP Joined 23 Oct 2005 Posts 44,255 Location North Yorkshire Just create a partition?
20 Feb 2006 at 22:41 #6 Andybtsn Andybtsn Don OP Joined 23 Oct 2005 Posts 44,255 Location North Yorkshire Zefan said: Just plug it in and format it in windows by right clicking ---> format. No partition needed whatsoever. Click to expand... Thats the weird thing, it recognises the drive in the BIOS, but not in windows...hence my question. Any ideas?
Zefan said: Just plug it in and format it in windows by right clicking ---> format. No partition needed whatsoever. Click to expand... Thats the weird thing, it recognises the drive in the BIOS, but not in windows...hence my question. Any ideas?
20 Feb 2006 at 23:16 #8 Andybtsn Andybtsn Don OP Joined 23 Oct 2005 Posts 44,255 Location North Yorkshire Yeah
20 Feb 2006 at 23:22 #9 Andybtsn Andybtsn Don OP Joined 23 Oct 2005 Posts 44,255 Location North Yorkshire Also, SATA hdd's, do you still select whether there master/slave using the pins? As my Maxtor has no instructions which pins to 'block' etc
Also, SATA hdd's, do you still select whether there master/slave using the pins? As my Maxtor has no instructions which pins to 'block' etc
