harddrive help..need drivers

I just built my first computer woo so im really happy....but im trying to install the OS and it cant find the harddrive..: ( i think i need to insert a flashdrive with the hd drivers on it..but i cant find the drivers for it..any help?

its a western digital 500 gb cache caviar blue SE 16 seriel ATA drive

yeah the harddrive is listed in the bios section, and im pretty sure i did everything right..so whatss the problem !! BLAHH

you would think the hard drive would already come with the drivers installed...since its a freaking harddrive and can store it in itself !!! im very frustrated

there arent drivers for hard drives. they need to be formatted for NTFS for windows to recognise them and a usable hard drive. the windows IDE controllers could be considered drivers but there installed with the os automatically

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073

thats the harddrive i have..so what should i do then

only thing i can say is hopefully you have or know someone with another pc with an ide slot you can use and format your hdd there through windowsand then try again. idk what to tell you other wise

to format right click on my computer in start menu, click manage then go to disk management, from there select the new hdd and format it and follow the wizard and format it to NTFS after its done should be recocnizable to windows and usable

why does it have to be ide why not sata...since its a sata drive

Your harddrives may be defective if windows can't recognize them to format them.

why does it have to be ide why not sata...since its a sata drive

basketcase14240

Yeah just find someone who can connect them to sata connections.

....i did connect them with sata connections...

i would check to make sure that the hard drive is hooked up to your mobo right, read through the manuals and such

unless you're running RAID then you won't need drivers, just make sure it's detected in bios, otherwise you don't have it plugged in right or it's dead.

....i did connect them with sata connections...

basketcase14240

why does it have to be ide why not sata...since its a sata drive

basketcase14240

i wasnt paying attention and got this mixed up with another hdd issue i was reading i should have said sata

im not installing xp im trying to install vista..and i think the connections are good...how do i know if its dead? also i tried to install vista again and it detected the drive. It started to copy the files then an error message came up : (

yeah but it was detected in the bios so wouldnt that mean its not dead?

yeah but it was detected in the bios so wouldnt that mean its not dead?

basketcase14240

That tells me something is up with this drive, or the motherboard. Most likely would be HD.

**EDIT**

Just to be on the safe side, did you try another cable. Have never heard of a problem with one, but you know murphy's law.

alright thanks for the help im just gonna assume its dead...and as for rma..i cant do that..i got this hd from a friend and hes had it for a year. SO i think il just buy a new hd...this one to be exact http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136320

what do u think

hey noones answering

okay i found out what the problem was....i had an ide dvd burner and everything else was sata...the technologies werent compatable and thats why vista was having problems installing into the harddrive