Windows XP Pro SP3 does not include 1 TB WD internal SATA drive Green even if it is marked in the Device Manager doesn't work properly

Using motherboard Asus P5N - D, the Sata drive is displayed in the bios.  I use a Maxtor IDE drive as primary and I just wanted to add more disk space.

Hello

Try to connect the external hard drive on another computer and check if the same problem persists.

I suggest that you set the drive letter for the external hard drive and check if that helps.

To assign a drive letter to a drive, a partition, or a volume, follow these steps:

  1. Sign in as an administrator or as a member of the Administrators group.
  2. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click performance and Maintenance.

    Note If you do not see the performance and Maintenance, go to step 3. Performance and Maintenance appears in control Panel only if you use category view. If you are using the classic view, performance and Maintenance does not appear.

  3. Click Administrative Tools, double-click computer management, and then click disk management in the left pane.
  4. Right click on the drive, the partition, the logical drive or volume that you want to assign a drive letter to and then click change drive letter and paths.
  5. Click on Add.
  6. Click assign the following drive letter if it is not already selected, and then accept the default drive letter or click the drive letter that you want to use.
  7. Click OK.

For more information:

How to change drive letter assignments in Windows XP

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/307844

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