Please can someone help
I have a custom built pc, windows 7 64bit,with a Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 motherboard, it has two sata hard drives inside, not configured for RAID or anything like that, my problem is i have just brought an external eSata Hard drive, 2TB made by Verbatim (Model 47528), this can be configured to Raid 0,1 or Big, the problem is that i can only get it to show up if i connect it via USB, no matter what i try i cant get it seen using the eSata cable, i have tried everything from powering it up before the pc to checking in the device manager, disc management etc but still no luck.
When i look in the Bios it says that eSata is enabled and it gives me 3 choices underneath that, IDE, AHCI or RAID but i have tried all 3 and still its not showing up!
Please can anyone help as im tearing my hair out
, i have seen various posts about enabling AHCI after windows 7 installation but im afraid to try it in case it makes matter worse, and also the BIOS seems to let me so is this mod really necessary???
how to enable ahci after windows 7 installation
1. Exit all Windows-based programs.
2. Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
3. If you receive the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.
4. Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServicesM sahci
5. In the right pane, right-click Start in the Name column, and then click Modify.
6. In the Value data box, type 0, and then click OK.
7. On the File menu, click Exit to close Registry Editor.
After this you’ll have to restart your computer, go to BIOS and enable AHCI. When you log in to Windows again, you’ll notice the installation of drivers for AHCI. Another restart will be required to finish the driver installation.
Please , Please can someone help
Pete