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Old April 22nd, 2004, 01:31 AM
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Setting up sata hdd
hey guys. im new to the world of sata hdd's but i finally got off my but and got me a 160gb Seagate sata hdd. the prob is ive got no idea what the hell to do with it. The drive is plugged in and has power etc etc...so what now??

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Pretty much the same as any other hdd...
You've installed it, your computer should detect it in bios now. Then fdisk it, format, and you're set.
http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/h...3322450,00.html explains. Its for an IDE drive, but just skip to the part about partitioning.
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/d...all_tshoot.html <-how to from seagate
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fdisk is saying its only 20gig (instead of 160).....and fdisk also reckons my 80gig seagate ide is only 10 gig....what the?...the 20gig quantum and 8gig quantum are both fine tho...
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