How to set up a single raptor? Need nelp bad!

[myrockfight]

Hey guys. I just bought a raptor oem 74gb hd.

I have no idea how to set this thing up. I connected the SATA cable and power cable. But I don't know if I should jumper it or not. Right now, it is unjumpered because that is the way it came and I just went and picked it up.

But I tried to install windows with no jumper and I got a fatal error message with a 0x0000007B message. This is the Microsoft knowledge database reference for the error http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324103

It couldn't be a virus because the drive is new. Maybe because I don't have the driver? I don't know. Or could it be giving that error because of the dvd drive that Windows is installing off of?

I don't really know where to go with this. Any direction would be of great help!

Oh, I forgot to say that I have not formatted or partitioned the raptor. Am I going to need to do that? I thought you could do that as the first step for setting up Windows.

 

[tuskenraider]

You'll need the driver for your SATA controller installed in you Windows OS before attaching the SATA drive. Also make sure you're using the "non-raid" option in the BIOS if your controller has that ability and the "non-raid" driver if your controller has two separate drivers for each operation. There are no jumpers for the new Raptor to worry about.

Oh, if you're doing a fresh install and not a drive copy to the Raptor, you'll need the drivers on a floppy and press F6 to get Windows to install them and then it will recognize the drive. Guess I'll also mention you could slipstream the drivers into Windows and create a new install CD if you're familiar with nLite and all that jazz.

 

[myrockfight]

You'll need the driver for your SATA controller installed in you Windows OS before attaching the SATA drive. Also make sure you're using the "non-raid" option in the BIOS if your controller has that ability and the "non-raid" driver if your controller has two separate drivers for each operation. There are no jumpers for the new Raptor to worry about.

Oh, if you're doing a fresh install and not a drive copy to the Raptor, you'll need the drivers on a floppy and press F6 to get Windows to install them and then it will recognize the drive. Guess I'll also mention you could slipstream the drivers into Windows and create a new install CD if you're familiar with nLite and all that jazz.

Hmmmm.....Can I use a usb to install the drivers? Or could I possibly take out the Windows cd in the middle of the installation (after I press F6) and load the drivers from a cd?

Thanks for the help Tusken!

 

[tuskenraider]

I've heard you can, but I've never really looked into or done it myself. I'm sure a quick google search will find the answer.