hi guys just been givein a 500g sata drive my motherboard aint got sata ports. I have a external case and usb lead tho have connected it to the computer port but its not picking it up any 1 got any ideas......

as with all these things take it through each stage

1 does drive spinup
2 any leds on case
3 what type of sata drive is it 1.5/3.0 G/bit could be electronics in case is only 1.5g/bit
4 why was given to you ? did somebody say this is goosed can you have a look

yes drive spins up also have the green light which comes on it 3g bit. Also wat does goosed mean and if that was the case wat would i have to do to fix the problem..

goosed = knackered

is the external case capable of running at 3g/bit ?

yes it can does run at 3gb also i have read on another site this..#

For Windows 2000 and XP:

Right click on My Computer.
Choose Manage (This will open the Computer Management window).
Go to the Storage category and select Disk Management
Right click the new drive (usually listed as Hard Disk 1) and "initialize"
You now have the option to partition and format the drive.
The default settings of Primary Partition and NTFS- Quick Format are recommended for most users

i have done this and it picks up my c drive my f drive but there is also one called back up file system fat 32 capacity 1.95gb any ideas as to wat that is just realised that it come up weva external drive is in or not...

Originally Posted by swainz2kn8

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Right click on My Computer.
Choose Manage (This will open the Computer Management window).
Go to the Storage category and select Disk Management...

Was going to be my suggestion...

Originally Posted by swainz2kn8

...there is also one called back up file system fat 32 capacity 1.95gb any ideas as to wat that is...

It's more than likely a recovery partition.

Originally Posted by swainz2kn8

yes it can does run at 3gb also i have read on another site this..#

For Windows 2000 and XP:

Right click on My Computer.
Choose Manage (This will open the Computer Management window).
Go to the Storage category and select Disk Management
Right click the new drive (usually listed as Hard Disk 1) and "initialize"
You now have the option to partition and format the drive.
The default settings of Primary Partition and NTFS- Quick Format are recommended for most users

i have done this and it picks up my c drive my f drive but there is also one called back up file system fat 32 capacity 1.95gb any ideas as to wat that is just realised that it come up weva external drive is in or not...

yep thats right but only if the usb interface bit is working properly

ok right click my computer and then manage

click on the plus by usb and with this window still open plug in your drive, irrespective if the drive is formatted you should see the usb system pick up the interface and then the actual drive.

if that doesn't happen then doing the above is a waste of time.

if the usb interface and drive aren't picked up try an known working usb port or plugin a usb memory stick.