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Installing SATA drive already have IDE drive

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tito2388 Posts 1 Registration date Monday July 20, 2009 Status Member Last seen July 21, 2009 - Jul 21, 2009 at 04:38 PM
xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - Jul 21, 2009 at 06:22 PM
so im installing a brand new Maxtor Sata drive into my dell dimension 4200, it has currently an IDE 40gb, the new sata drive has power and in my bios screen its recgonized however it is not recognized when i actually load into windows. under my computer or under device manager in neither place is the hard drive recognized. i tried messing with the settings in the bios to auto detect the sata drive but then it tries to boot from it, instead of the ide drive.
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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,824
Jul 21, 2009 at 06:22 PM
If you received a utility CD with the hard drive, you can use it to format the drive. After you format it and restart the PC you should see it explorer.

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