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my new hardisk not detected by bios

Comment:

i bought a new 650GB westerndigital HD, as im trying to install it to my PC the drivers and hardware is not detected.. pls feel free to help

Name: jam
Date: September 25, 2009 at 07:21:38 Pacific

Reply:

SATA or PATA? If it's PATA, did you configure the master/slave jumpers correctly?

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Reply:

SATA sir, in the bios set up the HD is detected

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Name: jam
Date: September 25, 2009 at 07:52:54 Pacific

Reply:

You should have said it's detected in the BIOS. Did you partition/format the drive using the Western Digital software?

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