Harddrive Issue...

winter · Jan 30, 2006

Quote from gnome:

I've seen exactly that several times... you have my solution.

Hi gnome, I would be very surprised if any Windows-based software could access the drive if its not even showing up in the XP device mgr, this sounds like a different problem to me.

gnome · Jan 30, 2006

Quote from elindydotcom:

Gnome:

Thanks. I will definitely try your solution. Do you know what it is that Acronis True image does to make windows XP recognize the drive?

Thanks.

Sincerely,

Nigel

No, I don't. But I know this approach works. Besides, when the OS doesn't recognize the HD, what do you do with it to fix something??? I dunno either.

winter · Jan 30, 2006

Quote from gnome:

Are your drives jumpered Master/Slave or Cable Select? Whichever they are, try the other.

Note that both drives are SATA, not PATA.

gnome · Jan 30, 2006

Quote from winter:

Hi gnome, I would be very surprised if any Windows-based software could access the drive if its not even showing up in the XP device mgr, this sounds like a different problem to me.

Acronis will do it. I've done so several times.

gnome · Jan 30, 2006

Quote from winter:

Note that both drives are SATA, not PATA.

Don't you still have to set the jumpers for SATA? Isn't there a Primary and Secondary Port for SATA? (I'm really asking here, because I've only presumed I understand... all of mine are PATA.)

winter · Jan 30, 2006

Quote from gnome:

Don't you still have to set the jumpers for SATA?v Isn't there a Primary and Secondary Port for SATA?

As far as I recall there are no jumpers wtih SATA, you just cable it to the motherboard, one drive per cable thus no master/slave issues. I only have a couple of systems with SATA drives though and none of them have dual SATA yet like the OP.

gnome · Jan 30, 2006

Just thought of one more thing that might work.... "Clear your NV Ram". This action is motherboard specific, so I can't tell you how to do yours... (unless you have a Dell Dimension 8250 or 8300), but it resets your IDE configuration to default.

gnome · Jan 30, 2006

Quote from winter:

As far as I recall there are no jumpers wtih SATA, you just cable it to the motherboard, one drive per cable thus no master/slave issues. I only have a couple of systems with SATA drives though and none of them have dual SATA yet like the OP.

Isn't one of the SATA ports on the systemboard identified as Master and the other as Slave? Don't you have to set the HD jumpers appropriately?

gnome · Jan 30, 2006

Quote from elindydotcom:

Gnome:

Thanks. I will definitely try your solution. Do you know what it is that Acronis True image does to make windows XP recognize the drive?

Thanks.

Sincerely,

Nigel

Acronis has a 15-day, full feature free trial, but you'll have to download that from the Acronis site. You can use that for your problem even if you don't buy.

winter · Jan 30, 2006

Quote from gnome:

Isn't one of the SATA ports on the systemboard identified as Master and the other as Slave? Don't you have to set the HD jumpers appropriately?

No, there are no master/slave jumpers on SATA drives. The connection to the motherboard (and/or BIOS settings) determine boot order.