I recently got a new SATA hard drive, I had to wait for the cable, it just came in like 20 mins ago.

I plugged it in to all the proper slots. My PC wont detect it. What do I need to do to get it to work?

My current hard drive is a IDE, the new one is a SATA. I hope there's no conflict.

You have to install the Sata drivers and make sure its enabled in the bios.

COuld you kindly point me in the direction where I could do that? lol

Do you have the user manual for your motherboard and the cd that came with it?

I got the manual but no CD. THe guy who made it didnt give me a cd. poo


EDIT: I dont know if it's the actual mobo CD but it says "motherboard" on it, and on the bottom it says Support CD

Then you've got it. Put it in the cd drive and it should pop up with a menu and just install the Sata drivers.

I went into browse CD and everything. I found nothing with SATA on it. where else would it be?]

I found it but dont know what to do to install it.

It was in

/RAID/VIA/ and I saw some files and a folder with SATA on it I know one of these does it but I dont know how or which one. *sigh

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