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2006-08-01 05:58:49
ddenholm67
DanForth Teh Pwnzer
+53|6857|Scotland
I just installed the raptor HDD into my system. The computer sees it on device manager and bios, but when on my computer the drive fails to appear there.

I have obviously installed correctly if the computer sees it.

I am stuck

I want the raptor to be for games and such, and my other to be for storage. I want to make the raptor my boot disk also but you only get a certain amount of reinstall keys from windows:(
2006-08-01 06:02:05
SuB
Member
+50|6977
it needs formatting/initializing
right click on my computer go to manage then disk management, you should see it in there, right click and go through the formatting options
2006-08-01 06:05:41
ddenholm67
DanForth Teh Pwnzer
+53|6857|Scotland
ok so i right clicked on the `drive one` which had a stop sign next to it which was the raptor, then clicked initialize?
What happens next and how long does it take?

Cheers
2006-08-01 07:54:44
jaymz9350
Member
+54|6878

ddenholm67 wrote:

I just installed the raptor HDD into my system. The computer sees it on device manager and bios, but when on my computer the drive fails to appear there.

I have obviously installed correctly if the computer sees it.

I am stuck

I want the raptor to be for games and such, and my other to be for storage. I want to make the raptor my boot disk also but you only get a certain amount of reinstall keys from windows:(
i would make it your boot disk as well.  you can install windows on the same pc as may times as you want you just have to activate over the phone after so many times.
2006-08-01 08:05:41
DrM
Member
+33|6922

ddenholm67 wrote:

I want the raptor to be for games and such, and my other to be for storage. I want to make the raptor my boot disk also but you only get a certain amount of reinstall keys from windows:(
If you want to get the most from your PC then, as you have stipulated, you need rebuild windows on the raptor.

There are ways you could get your OS from one hard drive to another without a reinstall, but if you dont already know about them, and have used them before, then I would not recommend them to you at this stage.

I would put your XP cd in the CD drive and go though a full build process on the raptor.
Once you have done this and Windows is running on the new disk, you can access the old disk and copy over any data you want. Then you can format the old disk and then put the data back.

Do not try to copy any games or software over from on disk to another, reinstall them.


Hope this helps man.


DrM
2006-08-01 08:13:09
a fly
Member
+105|6945|The netherlands

DrM wrote:

ddenholm67 wrote:

I want the raptor to be for games and such, and my other to be for storage. I want to make the raptor my boot disk also but you only get a certain amount of reinstall keys from windows:(
If you want to get the most from your PC then, as you have stipulated, you need rebuild windows on the raptor.

There are ways you could get your OS from one hard drive to another without a reinstall, but if you dont already know about them, and have used them before, then I would not recommend them to you at this stage.

I would put your XP cd in the CD drive and go though a full build process on the raptor.
Once you have done this and Windows is running on the new disk, you can access the old disk and copy over any data you want. Then you can format the old disk and then put the data back.

Do not try to copy any games or software over from on disk to another, reinstall them.


Hope this helps man.


DrM
you could however use (freeware) programs to move folders ect, that also change the reg keys, i dont know any names but i saw some on www.download.com once...
2006-08-01 08:35:55
SuB
Member
+50|6977
ghost the install to the new drive or something
initializing will take quite a bit cuz it will raw format it..
i can't remember if you need to format it again after that or not
word of advice make sure its NTFS, faster and you get more space
2006-08-01 08:42:39
unnamednewbie13
Moderator
+2,060|7073|PNW

The general method is to install a fresh copy of Windows onto a new Raptor drive, making sure it is formatted in NTFS rather than FAT32 (it's not just getting more space, the files you have can be larger in size). One problem run into by many people while installing Windows to any SATA drive is the failure of XP installation to recognize them. In this case, you will need a floppy disk with the SCSI drivers (yes, SCSI drivers) at hand. When asked for third-party drivers, get them off of said disk and continue as usual.
2006-08-01 08:45:26
SnobbyBoss
SAS Medic
+18|7041

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

The general method is to install a fresh copy of Windows onto a new Raptor drive, making sure it is formatted in NTFS rather than FAT32 (it's not just getting more space, the files you have can be larger in size). One problem run into by many people while installing Windows to any SATA drive is the failure of XP installation to recognize them. In this case, you will need a floppy disk with the SCSI drivers (yes, SCSI drivers) at hand. When asked for third-party drivers, get them off of said disk and continue as usual.
Most people don't have floppy drives any more
2006-08-01 08:47:50
unnamednewbie13
Moderator
+2,060|7073|PNW

SnobbyBoss wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

The general method is to install a fresh copy of Windows onto a new Raptor drive, making sure it is formatted in NTFS rather than FAT32 (it's not just getting more space, the files you have can be larger in size). One problem run into by many people while installing Windows to any SATA drive is the failure of XP installation to recognize them. In this case, you will need a floppy disk with the SCSI drivers (yes, SCSI drivers) at hand. When asked for third-party drivers, get them off of said disk and continue as usual.
Most people don't have floppy drives any more
Which is why some techs can wring money out of customers.

Off topic, I used to have a box full of 5 1/4 drives for old time's sake, but they got thrown away by a dissatisfied parental unit I was using for storage space a long, long time ago. I had planned to put one in each system I built for a laugh, but alas...

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2006-08-01 08:48:28)

2006-08-01 08:51:34
SuB
Member
+50|6977
most of the xp installs that don't like sata are the none sp1 ones... i believe most of the "scsi" drivers are for RAID setups or for the RAID controllers, not the discs themselves, windows picks up sata drives fine, the drivers are for the raid controllers on the motherboards

 

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