SATA drive not being recognized

[kwickwit]

I just installed a new 320 sata hdd and though it is recognized in the bios, when windows starts up in is not on the list of hard disk drives. I was reading were you have to install the driver with a floppy using the windows XP installation disk. If this is, true is there any way to do it with out the floppy cause i dont have one.
thanks.

 

[Cabbs]

That's because you have to activate the drive. Right click on "My Computer" and click manage. Then find the drive and you should be able to activate it from there.