If it's a new drive from the store (retail) it should have come with a CD with all sorts of useful utilities to format and partition it, etc. If not, with the drive physically connected, does it show up in the BIOS/setup? If it shows up there, that means it is connected correctly inside the computer and the jumpers are set correctly. Once in Windows, assuming you're on Windows, run Disk Manager (%windir%\system32\diskmgmt.msc) and see if it shows up in there. If so, right click on the NEW drive and choose Create Partition, then Format.
you may have not properly set the jumpers on your new installed hard drive.
usually a computer will have 2 eide drive controllers where you would connect a ribbon cable. a ribbon cable has a middle connector and end connector and obviously another end connector that connects to the motherboard) now you can connect upto to devices to that ribbon cable. most computers will have one device connected to the end connector (the hard drive) and no devices connected to the middle connector or sometimes they may have 2 device on the same cable: the hard drive on the end and a cd/dvd drive on the middle. others computers may have one ribbon cable for each device as computers usually come with 2 drive controllers (so you can connect 2 cables which means a total of upto 4 eide devices)
now, when you connect devices on 1 ribbon cable, the end device is the master device, the one the middle is the slave. to make a device a master or a slave you need to set a jumper. the jumper is usually located in between the ribbon cable connector and the power connector, the legend to know where the jumper goes to make it a slave or a master is usually on the label of the hard drive. you may need to check that label and with some pliers make the proper setting for that jumper.
on a new hd usually the jumper setting will be in master. so if you connected the hard drive on a ribbon cable that already has a master at the end it may not be detected. try to connect that master device on another ribbon cable that has no other devices connected and connect it on the end connector (not the middle one). if you have no other option but to connect it in the middle already having a master device at the end, set the jumper to on the slave position.
while you are at it. make sure you have your power connector and data (ribbon) cable properly seated.
if the caviar hd your are trying to install is an old hd and you know that you have the proper hd configuration and the cables properly seated, it is possible that no detection means hd failure.
unplugg and re plug the hard drive and make sure that the pin out is set to MASTER! not!! cable select or slave! then open bios on reboot and see if it shows up in there
The best option would be to purchase an external enclosure for your hard drive. Once inserted and connected to the enclosure you will be able to connect your hard drive to your pc/mac via a usb cable.
Each drive on your machine is assigned a letter.
Floppy drives if you have them are A: and B:
The System drive is typically C: but does not have to be
If you have a CD drive it will be assigned a letter as well say D:
If you have a USB flash disc attached it too will have been assigned a letter such as E:
However, you hard drive may have been partitioned that is split into smaller sizes. So although you have one drive you may have more than 1 letter assigned to it.
If you are on windows click on the Start button, Righ click on My Computer or Computer (depends on your version of Windows) and select manage
Select Disk Management
(wait until the page changes)
It will tell you what each letter represents
True for Vista and later - Can't remember if it works on XP - I think it does
Get hold of UBCD (Google it) and use the utilities on that - at the same time check that you have set the drive's Master/Slave/CS switch accoringly, and used the correct cable (should the highest possible for the type of drive bing installed. If you can see the drive in the BIOS go straight to UBCD and use that.
take to dell and demand the hdd be replaced with a new PE windows xp installation.
if they refuse to do this, consult legal advice as the problem is caused by dell and microsoft transfering and manipulating data between the os and the bios via the ntfs file system (recovery) and the hal.dll file.
problem exists because: ntfs file system can manipulate data sent and recovered to the bios, if for instance your dell laptop etc shut down due to low battery then the bios data and the os data would be out of sync, therfore the operating system would render the previous sector that held the data on the hdd as a 'bad' sector and would then use another 'good' sector to transfer data between os and bios at startup and shut down.
as soon as all good sectors have been used, the bios and the operating system will be out of sync and the hal.dll file or the ntfs file system would not allow the operating system to boot because of the data lapse.
demand a new hdd from dell with their OEM PE windows xp installed, if they refuse, then sew them for damaging your hdd by using a virus type file system (virus is how it works, so in release notes on most websites refer to this) which corrupted your hdd's life expectancy.
chalenge microsoft and dell to refute your alegation in court, after all your claim will make them want to settle out of court instantly...
good luck, and don't be afraid of the challenge against microsoft or dell, as a consumer you have rights and your rights are what is at the interest of the law........
Make sure the other computer is compatible with the hdd. Remove the hdd from old computer. Set jumpers to what new computer requires for 2nd hdd. Put in new computer and hook up proper cables. Boot and bios should recognize new hardware. Hope this helps.
In some cases an IDE connector is added to RAID Hard Drives or Industrial grade desktop computer drivers.. it's a backwards compatibility measure in case of failure.
Other driver may also include an IDE power source too..
Those IDE connections are also known as (PATA) or Parallel.
WARNING Before you
start troubleshooting remember that you are dealing with electricity that can
KILL. http://www.kitchentablecomputers.com/static.php
- rules
Only work inside the computer case when the power has been
switched off and disconnected. Never open the power source.
Some of the below steps
recommend removing physical parts within the computer.
While in the computer it is
highly recommend that you be aware of ESD and its potential hazards
Test all leads that attach to your hard drive power and data
cables IDE ,SATA
the leads from your
MOTHERBOARD TO YOUR HARD DRIVE
make sure they have a secure dust free connections and are not faulty or
just replace them they could be faulty
Make sure all leads that
are attached to your dvd \ cd floppy drives have secure connections and are not
faulty or just replace them they could be faulty.
Computers need power and
data to travel through every working device to continue its cycle and have an
end so any faulty leads will end up with a computer error.
Even something as small as
a faulty electrical or fan lead can cause you problems
Motherboard and a Hard Drive any leads between them will
fail before your motherboard or your hard drive if its a flat ribbon 40 pin
type IDE replace it this will be the first to fail.
Check all electrical power input and extensions
make sure they are securely seated even the cd/dvd floppy drives need to have
current go through make sure these drives are working Could be a problem with the Hard Drive or the Hard drives
PCB
http://www.onepcbsolution.com/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du0Qd_3wFWM
..as i know when HDD start beeping ( internal or portable ) that indicate problem with the Hard Drive (HDD)..so nothing you can do it by your self ....if the HDD is under warranty from factory you may take it to the store that you buy or nearest Western Digital distributor to claim the warranty...but if it doesn't in warranty..that's mean a problem why?because if HDD start beeping like you have, the possibility to make it work again is almost impossible that mean you maybe lost the data that you save in this HDD..
