Just got my first WD Black 1TB SATA. Trying to install on a Intel 915pgn MB, but I think I might've messed something up. I installed the hardware, put in the WD cd that came with it, and turned on the pc. It said insert bootable disk, and I couldn't get it to boot from the cd, so i put in my xp cd.
That worked, and it went to the partition and install screen. I hit enter to format and install xp on the selected partition, but I got an error screen at the end, and it didn't install. So I tried again and just got the black screen with the blinking cursor.
Then I put my old IDE drive back in with the SATA also hooked up, and booted up xp. When I went to my computer the sata drive showed up as E:
I clicked on it to see what it would do and it asked if i wanted to format it. So I clicked yes. There was another error (don't remember what it was), so I rebooted and when xp started up the sata drive didn't show up anymore.
After all that I realized I was supposed to to run the utilities from the cd first, and format and setup the drive that way. Now when I try and do that the WD software says there might be a DDO I need to remove in DOS, and I can't go any farther.
I don't know how to remove the DDO in DOS, and I can't seem to get anywhere else with it. I've tried multiple boot sequences, etc. All to no avail. If anyone can help I would really appreciate it.
That worked, and it went to the partition and install screen. I hit enter to format and install xp on the selected partition, but I got an error screen at the end, and it didn't install. So I tried again and just got the black screen with the blinking cursor.
Then I put my old IDE drive back in with the SATA also hooked up, and booted up xp. When I went to my computer the sata drive showed up as E:
I clicked on it to see what it would do and it asked if i wanted to format it. So I clicked yes. There was another error (don't remember what it was), so I rebooted and when xp started up the sata drive didn't show up anymore.
After all that I realized I was supposed to to run the utilities from the cd first, and format and setup the drive that way. Now when I try and do that the WD software says there might be a DDO I need to remove in DOS, and I can't go any farther.
I don't know how to remove the DDO in DOS, and I can't seem to get anywhere else with it. I've tried multiple boot sequences, etc. All to no avail. If anyone can help I would really appreciate it.