F6 option for sata drive disabled under windows 7

[Franscisco]

Hello. I have desktop machine and windows 7 been installed in it. The problem that I am facing is with the sata drive that I am using in it. I use Seagate sata drive for my system. It used to work fine before with windows XP but as I upgraded the system with windows 7 it F6 function or option is been disabled. Please help me out. Thank you.

[Devasis]

The problem that is your F6 option is not functioning under windows 7 for the sata drive may be because of the BIOS setup. You need to change the settings for your BIOS. Check out for that. It may be possible that the feature is been disabled under the BIOS due to which you are not able to use the F6 key. Change the settings and make the function key activated in order to keep it working.

[Solomon]

Uninitiailization of the disc may lead to such problems. This is basically a rare case problem but it is possible that the sata drive may need to be initialized when the system been upgraded. This is a kind of problem that results in such cases. It is not necessary that the device may not be properly featuring or functioning with the BIOS. Check out. It may sort your problem.

[MrChris-]

Check out for the motherboard compatibility of the sata drive with the operating system. It is quite very much possible that the motherboard may not support the operating system well or cope up with the highly advanced software due which the drive may not function completely or properly. Make sure that your board support the feature for the same. This should let you to a conclusion.

[Calvin K]

Initialize the sata drive disc first on your system. It can be done by following the steps as mentioned below:

1) Go to the start menu and click on it.
2) Then go to programs option.
3) Click on Accessories.
4) Go to Administrative tools option.
5) Then go to computer manger and click on it.
6) You would get a option as Disk manager.

Initialize the disc by processing the steps.

[Lillebror]

There is a possibility with the IDE compatibility feature for the sata drive on your Motherboard in BIOS. You need to check for the issue well there in order to get the problem understand and make it get sorted. You can check for the compatibility and try to execute well with the process. This should relevantly help you well. If it is not compatible then the problem is with the operating system. You need to downgrade or upgrade your system