Western Digital WD5000AVVS Support Question
Western Digital WD5000AVVS Support Question
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Question posted by vchester on June 10th, 2012
Why Xp Will Not Recognize My Sata Drive?
I have 2 SATA drives. Second one is a WD5000AVDS. Bios recognizes it, but XP does not even show it in the disk manager??
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Answer #1: Posted by TATSU on June 10th, 2012 6:40 AM
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It seems that the HDD is ill or worse.
Try to use Ultimate boot cd ( downloadable bootable image freeware ofcourse ) burn the boot CD with Imgburn. And use 1 of the HDD tool to test it or reformate it.
Related Western Digital WD5000AVVS Manual Pages
Compatibility - Page 1
...BIOS
Device Type Type
Firmware
Date**
RAID Adapter
SATA 1.5 Gb/s
RAID Adapter
SATA 1.5 Gb/s
RAID Adapter
SATA 3 Gb/s
RAID Adapter
SATA 3 Gb/s
RAID Adapter
SATA 3 Gb/s
RAID Adapter
SATA 3 Gb/s
RAID Adapter
SATA 1.5 Gb/s
RAID Adapter
SATA 3 Gb/s
RAID Adapter
SATA 3 Gb/s
RAID Adapter
SATA 3 Gb...com . WD Compatibility Summary
WD Drive Models: WD6400AAKS, WD5000ABYS, WD5000AAKS, ...
Compatibility - Page 2
...
BIOS
Manufacturer
Model
Device Type Type
Firmware
Date** Model Number
Oxford Semi Pacific Digital
OXU921S Talon ZL4-150 FastTrak S150 SX4
SATA to USB RAID Adapter RAID Adapter
SATA 3 Gb/s SATA 1.5 Gb/s v3.09 SATA 1.5 Gb/s...or reliability of the list below have been tested with WD drives for data integrity, interoperability, and compatibility, and any special conditions observed are noted ...
Product Specifications (pdf) - Page 1
...AV-GP SATA hard drives...environments. Optimized for AV: Cool.
IntelliPark - Preemptive Wear Leveling (PWL) -
IntelliSeek -
The drive arm frequently sweeps across the disk to deliver both significant...Quiet. CE Hard Drives
WD AV-GP
Power-saving Hard Drives
24x7 Reliability Cool Running Whisper Quiet
Ideal for set so CE customers can use standard streaming management and error...
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