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Installed new SATA hard drive, can't find old IDE hard drive
I just installed a new Seagate 160 GB SATA hard drive. It installed
just fine and I installed XP on it and it is booting up just fine. However, the computer isn't detecting the old hard drive at all. It is not in the BIOS and not listed in Disk Manager. It worked fine before beginning the install. It is connected the same way it was before adding the new drive. I have checked to make sure all the connections are tight in case they jiggled loose when I installed the new drive. At this point I only need to access it to transfer everything over to the new drive, although I may want to use it as backup storage. What do I try next? |
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Installed new SATA hard drive, can't find old IDE hard drive
"Lynne" wrote in message
oups.com... I just installed a new Seagate 160 GB SATA hard drive. It installed just fine and I installed XP on it and it is booting up just fine. However, the computer isn't detecting the old hard drive at all. It is not in the BIOS and not listed in Disk Manager. It worked fine before beginning the install. It is connected the same way it was before adding the new drive. I have checked to make sure all the connections are tight in case they jiggled loose when I installed the new drive. At this point I only need to access it to transfer everything over to the new drive, although I may want to use it as backup storage. What do I try next? Try connecting the drive to the secondary IDE connector alone. If it doesn't work it would be interesting to know if disconnecting the new SATA drives allows the IDE drive to be refound. Also, what do you have listed as your boot order of devices? I would assume either SATA or SCSI should be listed first. -- Jan Alter or |
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Installed new SATA hard drive, can't find old IDE hard drive
"Lynne" wrote in message oups.com... Try connecting the drive to the secondary IDE connector alone. If it doesn't work it would be interesting to know if disconnecting the new SATA drives allows the IDE drive to be refound. Also, what do you have listed as your boot order of devices? I would assume either SATA or SCSI should be listed first. -- Jan Alter or I tried disconnecting the SATA drive, and no drives were detected. The secondary IDE connector is where my CD-RW and DVD-ROM drives are connected. Should I disconnect those to try the IDE drive in that position? I would. If your optical drives are working, then you know that secondary IDE header is working. I thought that most of the time SATA and IDE is an either/or selection. Like, most boards aren't set up to do both at the same time. Hooking up the SATA essentially disables or steals the primary IDE channel. I could be wrong. Odd that it won't let you have that channel back though. If you want to move stuff from the old drive, that secondary IDE channel is your best bet. What model is your motherboard? Go looky at it's online support for any wisdom on SATA plus IDE. Also, look at your BIOS, of course. ~e. The boot order is SATA first. Lynne |
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Installed new SATA hard drive, can't find old IDE hard drive
Lynne wrote:
I just installed a new Seagate 160 GB SATA hard drive. It installed just fine and I installed XP on it and it is booting up just fine. However, the computer isn't detecting the old hard drive at all. It is not in the BIOS and not listed in Disk Manager. It worked fine before beginning the install. It is connected the same way it was before adding the new drive. I have checked to make sure all the connections are tight in case they jiggled loose when I installed the new drive. At this point I only need to access it to transfer everything over to the new drive, although I may want to use it as backup storage. What do I try next? Post what Everest says about the motherboard. http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181 |
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Installed new SATA hard drive, can't find old IDE hard drive
Try connecting the drive to the secondary IDE connector alone. If it doesn't work it would be interesting to know if disconnecting the new SATA drives allows the IDE drive to be refound. I tried moving the hard drive to the secondary IDE connector, but the drive still was not detected. And, as I stated before, it isn't detected when I disconnect the SATA drive. I thought that most of the time SATA and IDE is an either/or selection. Like, most boards aren't set up to do both at the same time. Hooking up the SATA essentially disables or steals the primary IDE channel. I could be wrong. Odd that it won't let you have that channel back though. My understanding is that I should be able to have both on this board. And, as you said, it seems that if I disconnect the SATA, I ought to be able to revert to the IDE if that's the case. If you want to move stuff from the old drive, that secondary IDE channel is your best bet. Tried it, no luck. What model is your motherboard? Go looky at it's online support for any wisdom on SATA plus IDE. Also, look at your BIOS, of course. Thanks for that recommendation. It's an Intel 865BF. I searched the knowledge base and couldn't find much of use, but I have contacted their technical support. What should I be looking for in the BIOS? I've certainly looked at it and for online support, but nothing is standing out as a red flag for my problem. Any other suggestions? I don't see how adding the SATA drive and leaving the IDE drive in place has made the IDE drive completely undetectable. It worked fine before. Why doesn't disconnecting the SATA drive allow it to be detected now? Any help would be much appreciated! |
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Installed new SATA hard drive, can't find old IDE hard drive
"Lynne" wrote in message ups.com... Try connecting the drive to the secondary IDE connector alone. If it doesn't work it would be interesting to know if disconnecting the new SATA drives allows the IDE drive to be refound. I tried moving the hard drive to the secondary IDE connector, but the drive still was not detected. And, as I stated before, it isn't detected when I disconnect the SATA drive. I thought that most of the time SATA and IDE is an either/or selection. Like, most boards aren't set up to do both at the same time. Hooking up the SATA essentially disables or steals the primary IDE channel. I could be wrong. Odd that it won't let you have that channel back though. My understanding is that I should be able to have both on this board. And, as you said, it seems that if I disconnect the SATA, I ought to be able to revert to the IDE if that's the case. If you want to move stuff from the old drive, that secondary IDE channel is your best bet. Tried it, no luck. What model is your motherboard? Go looky at it's online support for any wisdom on SATA plus IDE. Also, look at your BIOS, of course. Thanks for that recommendation. It's an Intel 865BF. I searched the knowledge base and couldn't find much of use, but I have contacted their technical support. What should I be looking for in the BIOS? I've certainly looked at it and for online support, but nothing is standing out as a red flag for my problem. Any other suggestions? I don't see how adding the SATA drive and leaving the IDE drive in place has made the IDE drive completely undetectable. It worked fine before. Why doesn't disconnecting the SATA drive allow it to be detected now? Puzzling... On Intel boards I *believe* the BIOS setting is just called "enhanced." You would need to enable "enhanced" (Under Drive Configuration) to allow SATA plus full IDE. Hooking up the SATA could have flipped something in BIOS. Going back to default settings would probably get your IDE channel back, but ultimately that's not what you want. Like, Drive ConfigurationOnboard SATASATA disabled should get your IDE back. ftp://download.intel.com/support/mot...bymenu_v04.pdf Is Intel's generic BIOS guide. I was thinking along the lines that there might be known issue with that board, and (lo and behold) there are when using SATA and Windows XP. Or rather, there are issues with the 865 chipset. Intel, to this end, has apparently put together an update (or updater) for the inf file. Google "Intel inf update 865" and find the most recent version. Like this one (at the top) for Windows XP. http://tinyurl.com/k735b Any help would be much appreciated! Just out of curiousity have you tried the old drive on any other setup to verify that it still works? I'd try finding "enhanced" in BIOS, and I'd definately get that updater if you use XP. Cheers! ~e. |
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