Thread: Another W8 challange

Originally Posted by jx2mad

It seems that drives are almost plug and play and that the computer sorts them out. Other that the ata drive which works, I upgraded to a 1tb sata and this worked fine until it developed so many bad sectors that it wouldn't run. I purchased the new sata but it wont run at all. Computer cant find it

u mentioned in the other thread the bios cant find it?

All I know is that the computer does not show it as connected

Originally Posted by jx2mad

All I know is that the computer does not show it as connected

Hey Jimbo,

Sorry to beat a dead horse so to speak. Have you had a look in the BIOS when booting up your PC? When you first turn the computer on you likely get a little splash screen and down the bottom it lists a keypress to get into the "Setup," "BIOS," "System Setup," or something of the sort. This is usually "Del" but has also been "F1" "F2" "F4" "F6" "F9" "F10" and "F12". All dependent on the make of your motherboard and your BIOS.

Have a look through the menus in there, without knowing the BIOS you have I can't really be any more specific. If you have the manual for that motherboard it will be pretty helpful to you. In there somewhere you will find a list of HDD's installed. They are usually listed with the model number on them, that should help you determine if your new one is being recognised by the motherboard itself.

If it's in there, we can do some more things to troubleshoot your issue. If it isn't in there, then something isn't quite right with your motherboard and I can't really help all that much, sorry.

Chris