A friend of yours has purchased a new hard drive for his computer that is a couple of years old. He
has asked you to help him install it. Once the hard drive is physically installed you boot up the
computer and realize that the computer is only seeing a part of the hard drives capacity. Which of
the following is MOST likely the cause?
A.
The BIOS needs an update in order to recognize the hard drive correctly.
B.
You have to change the jumpers on the back of the hard drive so that the hard drive sends the
correct information to the computer.
C.
Get the latest hard drive drivers from the manufacturer web site and install them.
D.
Your friend has bought a SATA hard drive instead of a PATA hard drive.
Explanation:
It is a well known problem with newer hard drives and older BIOS. The jumper on the hard drive is
only for setting master/slave mode. Hard drives do not have drivers, storage controllers do have
drivers but with the wrong drivers here it should not se a hard drive at all. It is not possible to
connect a SATA drive to a PATA cable.