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External SATA drive not detected

Asked by wn411 in Windows XP Operating System, Hard Drives & Storage, Removable Backup Media

Tags: XP, SATA, BIOS, External Drive

Hi, I am running XP SP3. I purchased a Seagate 500 GB SATA Drive. I am using a drive docking station via a USB connection. The drive is not being detected. It does not even show in disk management for me to format and assign a drive letter.

Since the docking station also has an eSATA connection, I was thinking about using that and an eSATA to USB adapter.

I have read that it could be everything from not enough amps at the docking station power supply to a firmware issue with the hard drive.

Does anyone have other ideas? Right now XP detects is as unknown in device manager. Nothing is listed in disks, storage disks or USB mass storage.

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External SATA drive not detected

Asked by wn411 in Windows XP Operating System, Hard Drives & Storage, Removable Backup Media

Tags: XP, SATA, BIOS, External Drive

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