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If that computer has the ASUS P4S800D-E motherboard it has four SATA headers.
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Posted 24 February 2009 - 08:41 PM
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Posted 25 February 2009 - 08:02 AM
Ok, we are getting some where. First i tried fairjoeblue idea about the cd's and cd drive but it did not work.
I did have a PCI SATA controller lying around so i put it in and installed the drivers for it from device manager/Driver CD using the IDE as master drive. After the drivers were installed it did recognize the SATA drive as being Drive F: but under properties it said the drive was only 4GB and was in FAT 32 format. I then shutdown and restarted the computer with the IDE as master and the SATA hooked to the motherboard SATA port instead of the PCI card. The motherboard does have 2 SATA ports by the way. I went into BIOS set the IDE as harddrive 1-Boot drive and SATA as harddrive 2, saved changes and exited. After getting to windows i checked and the SATA showed up as Drive F: with 4GB and FAT 32 format. So I got the computer to recognize the SATA drive as F: either with the PCI or Motherboard port but now i need to address the 4GB FAT 32 issue. By the way when the SATA is connected to the motherboard the BIOS does list the Drive as being 500GB. I am assuming and correct me if i am wrong that i can load in the Seagate disk wizard and re-format the drive to 500GB? If that works then i will need to address the windows installing problems.
Thanks again,
Mcq360
I did have a PCI SATA controller lying around so i put it in and installed the drivers for it from device manager/Driver CD using the IDE as master drive. After the drivers were installed it did recognize the SATA drive as being Drive F: but under properties it said the drive was only 4GB and was in FAT 32 format. I then shutdown and restarted the computer with the IDE as master and the SATA hooked to the motherboard SATA port instead of the PCI card. The motherboard does have 2 SATA ports by the way. I went into BIOS set the IDE as harddrive 1-Boot drive and SATA as harddrive 2, saved changes and exited. After getting to windows i checked and the SATA showed up as Drive F: with 4GB and FAT 32 format. So I got the computer to recognize the SATA drive as F: either with the PCI or Motherboard port but now i need to address the 4GB FAT 32 issue. By the way when the SATA is connected to the motherboard the BIOS does list the Drive as being 500GB. I am assuming and correct me if i am wrong that i can load in the Seagate disk wizard and re-format the drive to 500GB? If that works then i will need to address the windows installing problems.
Thanks again,
Mcq360
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Posted 07 March 2009 - 09:30 AM
I wanted to let you all know what ended up happening with the situation.Well now i have a working computer again. It seems as if the 500GB SATA will not operate correctly as a master boot drive from any windows platform but will work fine as a slave drive. A friend with windows XP pro and windows vista tried both programs with the hard drive wiped both times. Both would not boot correctly just like windows XP home. He ended up giving me another hard drive he had and put the 500GB as a slave and it is working fine now. Even though we did not figure out the exactly what the problem was, after 3 weeks of problems I am satisfied with the current configuration. Thank you all for your help. 
Mcq360
