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Also, i double checked that it since still works, by just installing the sata and alls well, apart from it being illegal... ide h/d is set to master, wareas cant see that type of setting on the sata ( can only presume it doesn;t have this facillity...? )

No... just the one hd : the IDE one

Hi... I got given a PC that had a Sata H/D ... it was running on Win 7.. Then i found out the Win 7 was an illegal version, so seeing as i owned a Genuine version of XP, i purchased a 2nd hand IDE H/D from shop and unplugged the Sata, plugged in the IDE H/D and i am up and running... And now my question... !!! I wanted to format the Sata so as to use as an extra H/D, but when i install it, my PC is not recognizing it at all....so i cant format it... ? What am i doing wrong / not doing right..?? Thanks in advance for any help