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August 2nd, 2014 12:00
Is it so difficult to plug a new sata disk in XPS8500 ?
Hi everybody,
My Bios Configuration :
Boot : RAID / UEFI
Sata 0 : seagate 2To (Windows 8)
Sata 5 : PLDS DVD xxxx
Sata 2 : seagate 1To the one i want to install
Sata 3 : none
mSata 1 : Samsung SSD 32 Mo (Windows 8)
I've tried many things but nothing works. The only thing is in Disk Management tool, i see my inital 2To disk as " drive 0/in line " so all is ok but the second disk is marked " drive 1/unknown/not initialized/not allocated " with 2To size (as i said the drive is 1To !!! Thank you RAID0 ;)) and a windows ask me to initialize the disk with 2 options : 1 - Boot sector 2 - GPT . Neither works just say " block defects".
Anyone in this place could help me to do normaly such a simple thing : add a drive in a PC !
Tanks for any reply.
HL.
Hlag
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August 7th, 2014 06:00
Just an important precision :
I've efffectivly used Seatools to view the state of my drives but the menu option i tell in my post before was in Intel RST boot menu which can be view then activate with ctrl-i keys. The "Legacy Boot" option must be set on bios previoulsy to see it at boot.
osprey4
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August 2nd, 2014 16:00
Hi HL,
Bad blocks implies a problem with the drive. Please run a DOS-based diagnostic utility, such as SeaTools to check the integrity of the hard drive.
Hlag
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August 4th, 2014 04:00
Hi Opsrey,
Glad to see you again (last time was 1,5 year ago !)
The diagnostocs are ok (with Seatools / DOS version) ....
I think because of the RAID0 bios configuration UEFI thinks this second drive is for RAID0 and as i said my first bootable drive is 2To and the second drive (i want add) is 1To and Disk Manager sees it with 2To.
I can't be sure of that but this is my conclusion. So what must i do ?
Hlag
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August 4th, 2014 05:00
Also imust say that i've tried with a second 1To drive : same think ....
Hlag
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August 4th, 2014 05:00
Sorry i don't know how edit my new posts so a new post :again i precise another 1To drive.
So i try with 2 different 1To drive who are fully functionals (they were used in RAID0 / Windows 7 before) and the reuslt is the same.
Hlag
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August 4th, 2014 06:00
I've finally resoled my problem. It was not a block defect problem
We must first the burn iso SeaTools for DOS and then boot with it on CDROM.
(Apparently now when at start i push F2 key the SeaTools menu appear.)
So at boot (F2 key ) the product list all the physical drives (i saw my new 1To drive like before : seen as a RAID0 attached drive)
A menu option permit to delete a RAID0 attached disk. I did it, then reboot, and after, in Windows, the Disk Manager permit me to format the drive and assign a letter without "block defect" windows like before. Now i can plainly use my 2nd 1To drive.
Thanks for your help Osprey.
osprey4
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August 4th, 2014 16:00
Perfect! SeaTools is a great utility. I keep it handy whenever I'm helping others with drive problems.