SATA drive not recognized

[Fox 3]

hey there. I installed a new IDE HDD to replace my SATA drive (use it for backup) so i have windows installed on my IDE and i have it as a master, and the SATA as a slave (no jumper). During boot both HDD's are found by the BIOS, but when i get to the "my computer" it does not see the SATA drive. Any ideas?

I don't want to format the SATA drive cause it has all my old files on it that i want to transfer to my new drive.

Thank you.

[Cricket]

If you go into Disk Management, is the SATA HDD shown?

:) Cricket

[glc]

Do not remove the factory installed jumper from a SATA drive. Put it back where it was. There is no master/slave with SATA.

[Fox 3]

ok, i will put it back. I did however get it fixed...turns out with the new install of XP on my other drive, it didn't have some of my motherboard drivers installed including a RAID driver...after installing it everything works fine. Thank you guys, you have both been helpful as usual.

[pntbllrsprky]

sorry to hijack thread but

My computer wont reconignize my SATA drive at all. It I get an EIDI hdd as my main one, install my RAID drivers, can I use the SATA one as a second one.

I would be fine if my raid drivers would install like normal

[glc]

Why did you hijack the thread instead of starting your own?

[pntbllrsprky]

this was a similar problem and I did in build your own pc and didnt get much help. I thought instead of making another thread just use this one

sorry its a thing I get from another forum I am always on

[glc]

I found your thread and added a reply. Keep that one going - I'll move it in here if you want, just let me know.