Hard Disk not recognised

[Patio]

Hey everyone!
I have a problem and i can't get through it. I have an external Samsung hard drive which is connected via a usb cable. My usb cable and the case is damaged. So, i just opened and found the hardisk which was a internal SATA hardisk. Instead of paying for a new external case I took a sata cable and a sata power adapter, and connected it to the motherboard, but the drive is not being recognized. Do i need any of driver to get my hard disk recognized or could I have used the wrong cable (sata instead of sata2), the drive is a 320gb samsung.
Help guys...! Thanks in advance...!

[Killen]

Hey!
Look for the sata driver on your motherboard CD.
You will need to make a floppy with the sata drivers and hit F6 when XP asks about special drivers for Raid etc...
All the best!

[Fabian]

Hey!
There could be several reasons for your HDD not working :

• BIOS needs Update
• Drivers Required
• Power Supply Faulty
• Power Cable Faulty
• Sata cable fault
• Wrong Cable installed [sata instead of sata2]
• Motherboard Port fault
• And lastly Hard Disk faulty...

All the best...!!

[deoWo]

Hey!

Try checking your hard drive connection power and IDA or SATA.

• Shut down your computer
• Take the cover off
• now find your hard drive and check to see if the power,IDE,or SATA connection are good and snug. Ive found that in 90% of the machines I've worked on this was the problem.

If its a SATA drive you might need to update the Raid\SATA drivers.

[SmirnOFF]

Hey!

For Hard disk being not recognized, there are a lot of reasons. All the possible help has been provided to you above... So even Refer this thread : HDD not recognised in BIOS Seup when new Hard disk is installed