Drives don't show in Windows until they are partitioned and even then I need to format them. Your post is void of the details for me to comment further.
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Hello everyone, if their is anyone out there that knows alot about hard drives- i like some help. I put together a computer with a Asus P5LDe-Deluxe board, everything is great. all connections cool -execpt for one problem-. bought a new 320G Western digital (SATA 2) drive and had an existing Western Digital 250G (SATA 1) drive. I formatted the new SATA 2 drive s boot drive- the old SATA 1 drive was already formated. though they both show up in BIOS i cant see the SATA 1(old drive) in -My Computer-. tried disk manager utility in windows and the W.D Data Lifeguard program- thought with SATA all drives where compatable. i mean SATA 1 and SATA 2, do i have to step down the SATA 2 drive to SATA 1 spec. with jumper? cant figure it out. should be no need for slave or master on SATA, right?
Hope someone can point me in right direction. thanks for the help.

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