Is it so difficult to plug a new sata drive into XPS8500?

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• New SATA drives will not be initialized

  A few weeks, I got a Western Digital Green 1 .5TB disc start coming out, so I quickly made sure I had a suitable backup and the reader sent in for RMA.  Then, I bought a new Samsung 2 TB and installed without problem.  Windows XP SP3 the drive recognized and allowed me to initialize the disk, the format and create partitions.

  Then I had to restart my machine due to a software update and when XP loaded up, I noticed in 'My Computer' the reader is no longer listed.  I checked the Disk Manager, and while the hard drive was recognized, he began to "uninitialized".  Yet once I went through the steps to initialize/format/partition the drive, which worked perfectly, but after a reboot, the same question has occurred.

  I tried to use another port SATA - no change in behavior.
  I tried updating the firmware of the player - no change in behavior
  I tried to use both methods of not formatting (quick and full) - no change in behavior

  Today, I got my hard drive replaced by the return of Western Digital post and couldn't wait to install it and do it with (what I thought) was a nightmare drive Samsung.  I got everything in place correctly and turned on my PC.  Read the BIOS the drive fine and Windows recognises the new hardware and began to install the driver (I have another WD 1 .5TB already installed, so I had very practical pilots).  I initialized the disc formatted and partitioned to discover that the SAME ISSUE was happening on this new album.

  I intend to try a new SATA cable when I get work in the hope that the question, but does anyone else have any suggestions?

  Hi chrixated,

  • What is the number and the model of the computer?

  See the link below to put on with similar problem and try all the steps mentioned, check if it helps.

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en/itprovistahardware/thread/c243ea98-9f77-43D0-8103-206b910cb9ac

• Put a new hard drive into the computer, Windows 7 family premium says "Invalid product key" help?

  Hi, recently my harddrive got fried by a virus, I had a new hard drive to see that my product key is no longer valid... Seriously can I buy a new Windows 7 just to get a new product key?

  Skip entering your product key Windows 7 and complete the installation.

  When you reach the desktop, click Start, right-click on computer

  Click on properties

  Scroll down to the Windows Activation

  Click the link to change your product key

  Enter your product key and use the phone Activation to activate your license. Be sure to explain your situation to the Appeals Officer.

  Activate Windows 7 on this computer:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/activate-Windows-7-on-this-computer

  Invalid key:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/Windows-7-activation-error-invalid-product-key

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• Add the new hard drive into the data store in ESXi 4.1

  Hi all

  I got ESX 4.1 installed on the Dell server, and I have 3 virtual machines on a data store.

  I added a new 500 GB scsi hard drive to the server,

  and I need to add it to the datasore or create a new...

  How can I see this new hard drive? and add it to the data store?

  Waiting for your help.

  concerning

  Abrams

  Oracle system engineer

  Abrams,

  That's all I can help you.  These instructions are based on the Perc 5 / i controller, which I think you have on our system.  You have not specified the server so I just assumed that this is so.

  1. unscrew the hot spare that you just made.  Follow this link from Dell.
  http://support.Dell.com/support/eDOCS/storage/RAID/PERC5/en/UG/HTML/chapterh.htm#wp1061343

  2 follow the link for the installation of virtual disks - http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/storage/RAID/PERC5/en/UG/HTML/chapterh.htm#wp1069357

  This link has three steps to void, skip the step on "spare parts of designate hot."
  a. create the virtual disks and select virtual disk options.   -Online steps to create another disk group and add the new disk to the disk group.
  (b) designate the drives hot spares (optional). =>, YOU CAN SKIP THIS STEP
  c. initialize virtual disks. -online must do.  just do not initialize the incorrect disk.

  After the step #2 c, you should be able to access the drive in ESXi or command-line (list of nmp esxcli devices).

  And no, you cannot add this manaully until do you step #2 above which is to define the disk group, creating virtual disks and initialize the virtual disk.

  Good luck.

• Install the new SATA drive and the primary drive Clone which he

  After reading many messages from hard drive yesterday and the manual for my Dimension 4600, I bought a Western Digital 250 GB SATA internal drive which will become the secondary drive through Dell. My first is a 40 GB with 14 GB of free space. I am a student of site design Web and must use Adobe Creative Suite CS3, including PhotoShop, Dreamweaver, etc., which is a huge program. Technology Department told me that I could load the program Adobe Creative Suite CS3 on the new secondary drive and my images and other Documents which I will use to create Web sites for school. I could load MicroSoft Office 2007 as well if it is a good idea.

  What is a reasonable secondary use of a hard drive?  Is this a good practice? Benefits; Disadvantages?

  If the primary drive fails in the future, it is possible to just load Windows XP, etc on the new secondary disk at this time and the report on? Or I need to remove Adobe Creative Suite, MicroSoft Office, my pictures, etc., before I could load the operating system? I have a 60 GB external USB drive for backup of Documents and Settings.

  Dell Dimension 4600 (Pentium 4 CPU 2 .8GHz, memory 3 GB RAM) running MS Windows Home XP, SP 3.

  Any other good suggestions for the use of a Seconday drive in my case?

  Message edited by Tennis_8 on 05/21/2008 09:53
  
  

• When I plug the USB FLASH drive into the PC it does not appear in the computer

  I have a USB Flash driver: Team Fusion more 4 GB

  Like this one:
  
  Same color and this one exactly.
  and when I put inside my computer I hear the BLOOP sound when I insert it and also when I go out, I hear a noise... but when I go to my computer it does not appear...
  It worked before, I inserted my USB Flash driver inside my computer... then when I right click on a file inside driver flash my computer got stuck and I force restarted my PC with exit it restarts normally and after that it doesn't work any more I just hear sounds when I insert the USB key inside and outside.
  I tried things.
  -Troubleshooting and it didn't help me at all... He didn't show me something when he finished it.
  -Tried restarting the computer and access bios and active in the advanced settings in the number 3 to USB - ZIP
  -J' inserted behind my computer and also in front of the computer USB flash driver.
  -Computer all analysed in depth scan with Advanced System Care Pro 5.4 and did not help even after a reboot.
  -Tried to reinstall the driver for the "Device Manager" USB flash drive
  -IMPORTANT! I tried to plug this USB on another computer and it arises there, but could not access the USB key, I tried to format and it says error and he said that he could not format... I tried to format it in NTFS, fat32, with formats fast and quick, but nothing has worked.
  SO the problem is with the USB FLASH DRIVE! not the computer...
  Help me please :| What should I do?
  Image when my USB driver is inside my computer:
  Open the image in a new tab to see full size image.
  Picture that shows that I reinstalled the driver for my USB Flash drive:
  

  Yes man, he is in disk management. I tried to do a right click on it and clicked on «letter of change of driver and paths...» "and it came up with error... Look man, I fixed that by myself... the flash disk is cool now xD you know what I did? I just went to my dad's pc... I tried to get the DRIVER USB FLASH, but he came up with the error and asked if I want to format it... I clicked format and it didn't work... I tried NTFS, FAT32, format not quick and fast and nothing worked... it was still * place... so what I did? I downloaded "HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool 2.2.3" of http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool.shtml here and then I formatted it with success! and then the flash driver disk worked on my dad's computer but when I tried to connect it to my pc, it does not appear lol but it worked on other computers, so it's cool: P I just going to format my PC: P it works now with the USB HP program disk formatting tool. only does not not on my pc, but it's ok... I formate my pc. :)

• T61p will not identify new SATA drive

  Hello

  I recently bought a drive Seagate Momentus 7200 RPM 320 Gig - http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/datasheet/disc/ds_momentus_7200_3.pdf (on sale at Best Buy for $99 - who could resist that?)

  If the disc in the drive Bay, it works perfectly - Vista sees the complete concert 320 and it works without a doubt faster than my main 5400 RPM 160 Gig of support. However, if I install the drive as primary, the laptop does not start at all - the BIOS does not see the drive. I checked in the BIOS - the only SATA setting I have is to toggle between 'AHCI' and 'Compatibility Mode' and in each framework, I get the same result - the BIOS does not recognize the drive.

  Model T61p - 6459-CTO

  Vista Ultimate 32 bit

  Latest available BIOS and system drivers installed

  Any help would be appreciated.

  emotivecto wrote:

  However, if I install the drive as primary, the laptop does not start at all - the BIOS does not see the drive.

  What exactly you are doing when you are installing the drive as primary?

  The symptoms you describe seem to indicate that the disk is not docked in the Bay.

  See you soon,.

  Bill

• Install the new hard drive into the Pavilion DV2660se - full-size unrecognized

  I have a Pavilion DV2660se and recently began to receive messages from failure on my hard drive.  I was able to order a replacement - it is the same model # former disc, same size, etc..  I installed the drive, then started the system with the recovery discs.  It has been chugging along now for about 3 hours. While the process was ongoing, I was able to look at the drive and to see that it is only accepted with 24 GB instead of the 250 GB is it really.

  Any suggestions on what I can do to install this player and have all recognized?  Thanks for the tips!

  Well, I'm back, don't ask me how, I can at least with all rebuild...

• I get a recurring answer ' * stop: 0x0000007B (0xF7BFE524, Ox0000034, Ox00000000, 0x00000000) "after the installation of the new hard drive into the computer laptop viao.

  Tried to boot from a hard disk with a blue error screen. Replace the SATA drive with 500 GB drive. Then drive formatted and installed Windows XP Pro and McAfee 2011 office. Same error!

  Hello

  I suggest you to visit these links and check if it helps:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/324103

  http://support.Microsoft.com/KB/314082

  It will be useful.

• New SATA drive not available

  I just installed a WD Caviar 1 TB SATA HDD in my XPS 400 computer. The BIOS it shows on SATA2, that Device Manager XP says it's working properly, and the WD Diagnostics program said that he passed his test. Unfortunately, that the computer doesn't show it as a drive and the WD install program it does not show as a drive on my computer. This is the first time to work with a SATA hard drive, so I can miss a step to make the visible disk. I installed 2 SATA DVD drives without problem. How to make the player available? I'm just trying to set up a second disc and not a RAID, is this a problem?

  Thank you

  Message edited by Centering on 02/09/2008 12:02 AM
  
  

• New hard drive does not start

  I have a T61 with XP on it. The factory hard drive was beginning to show its age, so I got a 500GB WD Black drive for her. I used Acronis True Image to clone the old hard drive to the new. I used my counter top to do the cloning. When I plug the new disk in, the cursor just blinks and it will not start.

  I thought that maybe the clone was bad, so I put the new drive hard back at the top of my desk and is able to boot all the way to the windows start screen. If I plug the old drive in the laptop, it starts very well, simply refuses to boot from the new drive.

  Guessed it.

  Put the new hard drive into the computer, put the old hard drive in a USB enclosure and done a CD boot Acronis, and made the clone of the laptop. Runs like a champ and now flies.

• Installed new hard drive on laptop with Windows 7 can install Windows XP on external hard drive and plug it into USB?

  Original title: Win7 Pro + HD Ext different OS
  I just installed a new hard drive in my laptop with Windows 7 Pro 64 bit.
  Would it not be possible to install WIn XP or Win 98 + older software (Win 98 or XP) on an external hard drive, then plug it into USB, laptop, in order to run old programs of 16-32 bit?

  It would be best to run Windows 98 or XP in a Virtual Machine, if you need to run older programs.

  You can use a free software such as Oracle VirtualBox or VMware Player:

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• Help, please! I plugged a new plan "creative cloud membership (one year)", but cannot turn off the "Plan of creative photography of Cloud (one year).

  Help, please! I plugged a new plan "creative cloud membership (one year)", but cannot turn off the "Plan of creative photography of Cloud (one year). What to do?

  Hello

  You can try the steps on the following link to cancel, cancel your membership Adobe Creative Cloud

  If it does not you or if you get an error contact Adobe to contact customer service

• HP Pavilion p6 2000-ukm: recovery disk/boot on a new HARD drive?

  Hello

  I have a hp Pavilion p6 2000 ukm. Recently I started getting on my HARD drive error messages, saying it was a failure. I recently bought a new HDD in my pc. I connected it correctly and it says that I need recovery disk / boot disk.

  To my knowledge when I bought this pc there was no disk Windows 7. Now I know on workstations, you create your own.

  My question is... How to get windows 7 installed on my new hard drive when I plug it in? I'm looking for the iso of windows 7, I think that his name, but I can't find any .iso file.  I'm trying to install windows 7 on my new drive HARD I need not my other files like music... etc. I'm looking to get my HARD drive installed with windows 7, where it has IE and I can go back to the installation of everything I had previously. Should u use "create a system image"? Its a big file and requires 7 + dvd discs is my only option? I have my 25 key windows 7 as well.

  Any help is thank you attended.

  Hey,.

  Here's the phone number,

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• Portege R500-11Z: recovery disk to help prepare a new HARD drive

  I bought a new hard drive (SSD) for my R500-11Z and I put in an envelope with the USB cable before installation - I want to be able to format the drive and create a new copy of Windows XP before you get out of my existing hard drive.

  I'm looking for ways to use the recovery disk and it SEEMS that it should be possible... EXCEPT...

  I discovered that on the recovery disk there is an executable called recoUNPACK in the Tools folder, which should, in theory, restore the contents of the disc to the hard drive. However, because the new hard drive is plugged into my existing XP set up, he gets a folder called System Volume Information written in it. The presence of this file causes the recoUNPACK to fail. He gets, at 59%, every time, and then survey the error - System Volume Information already exists.

  Any person proposing the deletion of the folder should consider their knowledge of the XP - there is no way to do this, ask Mr. Google if you don't believe me. I also tried this with full of this folder write permissions so that, in theory, could replace recoUNPACK...

  I would be very grateful if someone knows a way of "forcing" crush the System Volume information folder or another way to 'restore' the recovery of my new hard drive disk (other that disassemble the laptop and substitute physically the disc!).

  I have reviewed various options for establishing a USB bootable drive, but as I will adapt it in my laptop I don't want running all versions of XP - so using the recovery disc supplied with my odd R500. All bootable USB I can find only programs, fat32 format, and I would stay in NTFS...

  And the reason why I want to do it this way, it is that I want to continue to use my existing hard drive until the news is ready - its supposed to be an effective way to work... but so far the time wasted, trying to restore the disks could have been better spent undoing the screws on the rear of the machine!

  Thanks in advance

  > However, because the new hard drive is plugged into my existing XP set up, he gets a folder called System Volume Information written in it. The presence of this file causes the recoUNPACK to fail. He gets, at 59%, every time and then lift the error - System Volume Information already exists

  Hmm the right path and the letter of the partition or volume entitled did you use?

  As far as I know that the command should show something like this:

  + recounpack.exe d:\imagename.tpa z: f +.

  (z: is the letter of your external USB drive and may be different in your case)