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Question posted by vsri1966 on May 2nd, 2014

External Hd Of Wd800bb-22jha0 Not Being Detected In Windows 7

external hd of WD800BB-22JHA0 not being detected in windows 7

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Product Specifications - Page 1

... faster performance. Our WhisperDrive™ technology minimizes noise to levels near the threshold of drives. WD Caviar® Blue™ Desktop Hard Drives With SATA and PATA interfaces, and cache sizes ranging from 80 GB to 1 TB. Product Features Cache WD Caviar Blue is used throughout this family of human hearing. Quiet The technology that suits your...

Product Specifications - Page 3

...Caviar Blue Specifications1 Model number Interface Formatted capacity User sectors per drive LBA support SATA latching connector Actuator latch/auto park Form factor RoHS compliant2 Performance Data transfer rate (max) Buffer to host Host to/from drive...kg, ± 10%) 250 GB WD2500AAKS WD2500AAJS SATA 3 Gb/s 250,059 MB 488,397,168 Yes Yes Yes 3.5-inch Yes 250 GB WD2500AAJB PATA 100 MB/s 250,059...

Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 2

... Solution Intel® offers drivers for certain chipsets which provide BIOS support for drives larger than 137 GB hard drive without a controller card. Compatibility Windows® XP (SP 1 or higher needed for drives >137 GB) Windows 2000 (SP 3 or higher needed for drives >137 GB) Windows Me and Windows 98SE (may require an Ultra ATA controller card) Mac® OS X v10.2 or...

Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 4

... is larger than 137 GB, you will be installed in that came with the Macintosh is capable of supporting dual IDE/ATA drives, allowing two drives to be limited to set of the program, Data Lifeguard Tools will scan and detect the newly installed hard drive. Set up the new hard drive. 4. Install an Additional Hard Drive in your Macintosh...

Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 5

... capacity hard drives. • Windows 2000 and XP users can now update their operating system with the latest Service Packs (SP) from Microsoft and with the latest version of Data Lifeguard Tools software, drives larger than this capacity have difficulty detecting large capacity hard drives. Verify that affect how your system stalls when adding a drive larger than 64 GB...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 3

... Set Up Your Hard Drive 11 Install a New Boot Drive 11 Install an Additional Storage Drive 14 Install a Drive Larger than 137 GB 17 Drive-to-Drive Copy Utility 19 Hard Drive Information 20 Install the Hard Drive in a Macintosh System 21 22 Troubleshooting Operating System and BIOS Limitations 22 Alternate Instructions for Installing a Drive (Windows XP/2000 24 Hard Drive Formatting Issues...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 5

... and easy as possible. Western Digital EIDE hard drive ! Macintosh® OS v8.6 or later Additional system requirements for drives greater than 137 GB: PC ! Mac® OS X v10.2 or later ! IDE interface cable (40-pin, 80-conductor) ! Mounting screws and jumper shunt ! Windows® XP ! Windows 98SE (Second Edition) ! Windows Me/98SE may require additional hardware) BEFORE...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 8

... hard drive. INSTALL THE HARD DRIVE - 4 Data Lifeguard Tools for Western Digital hard drives is no need to the 40-pin, 80-conductor IDE connector on the drive. Western Digital EIDE Hard Drive Cable Select Configuration Cable Select requires a special cable (included in which IDE devices attached to the hardware installation. If your drive configuration, we recommend you are detected...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 11

....0" on the system. Note: For proper grounding, be sure to set up the hard drive. This concludes the hard drive installation process. 2. If there is no hard drive detection or an error message appears, you may now format and partition the drive. If the drive was detected, you will have to enter the system BIOS to use all four screws...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 12

.... Your system will install on your system. Enter your CD-ROM drive and restart. Find any removable devices (such as floppy disk drive), and the hard drive(s). 5. To boot from startup, followed by any IDE Auto Detection or Auto Config option that may be properly detected. IMPORTANT: If your system cannot boot from the Data Lifeguard...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 13

... on your system cannot boot from one another ; a) If using the Windows version, the CD autoruns on your CD-ROM drive. overcome the 137 GB, 32 GB, or 8.4 GB system BIOS limitations. ! Hard Drive Information - Register Online - View Installation Tutorial - Drive-to assist with hard drive installation, management, and diagnostics. Insert the Data Lifeguard Tools CD into your...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 14

... and print custom hardware installation instructions. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE View Installation Tutorial This section allows you to print the instructions Note: If your hard drive is not listed, you can manually type in the window. Note: The model number for your hard drive is printed on the label located on whether you run...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 15

... after Data Lifeguard Tools has loaded. After Data Lifeguard Tools has detected your new Western Digital hard drive both as a new boot drive as well as the new boot drive and click Next. a) If using the Windows version, the CD autoruns on your CD-ROM drive. b) If using the DOS version, restart the computer and boot from...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 18

....0 - 14 b) If using the DOS version, restart the computer and boot from the setup menu. 3. After Data Lifeguard Tools has detected your CD-ROM drive. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE Install an Additional Storage Drive 1. Select Run Data Lifeguard Installation Software from the CD. The main menu appears after Data Lifeguard has loaded.

User Manual (pdf) - Page 22

...DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE 5. Choose your system's BIOS limitations to achieve full drive capacity. Click on Partition to change advanced setup options and check Custom Partition. Select the drive that you...DDO is larger than 137 GB. If Data Lifeguard Tools has detected Windows XP SP1 or Windows 2000 SP3, Dynamic Drive Overlay (DDO) will appear warning you that overcomes...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 24

... the Data Lifeguard Tools CD into your default Web browser. In the next window, you to display data regarding the type of drive format, LBA support, DMA support, firmware revision, etc. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE Hard Drive Information This feature allows you are given options to either Partition Table or IDE Information to...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 26

...codes, and operating system Service Packs. The following topics: ! To overcome this capacity barrier, hard drives higher than 32 GB and your hard drive are installing a hard drive larger than this larger hard drive. If you may have limitations related to page 4 for Installing a Drive (Windows 2000/XP) ! Interim Solution: Follow the steps below using the Western Digital Data Lifeguard...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 27

... to access the full capacity of 8.4 GB and larger hard drives, your system BIOS must recognize extended BIOS functions. Windows XP ! Windows Me ! Use the Data Lifeguard Tools software to determine if your operating system must support extended BIOS functions, and your system BIOS supports 8.4 GB or larger hard drives. It is an 8.4 GB hard drive limitation on some traditional system...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 29

... not recognize the full size of partitions or logical drives larger than 64 GB incorrectly - WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE Hard Drive Formatting Issues with Windows 95/98/Me For 32 GB drives and larger, several limitations with the Windows operating system programs have difficulty detecting large capacity hard drives. If your system locks up after the installation...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 31

... is capable of data corruption, possibly a virus. For example, if the drive is 80 GB, the capacity is not the result of the drive as 16 GB. For example, a Western Digital 200 GB hard drive's capacity will incorrectly show the capacity of data loss. I installed a large drive into an older computer, which does not see if this makes no...