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12-21-2005, 09:32 PM
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New builder having ONE problem!
ugh im close to being done on my first build. In my other computer i had before this one i had 2 drives, an IDE(which the OS was installed) and a SATA. The IDE drive was small so i bought the sata one and put it in,worked great. I saved everything to it all my files etc, and on the IDE drive i just had the OS. Now on my new comp (A8N-SLI motherboard) i bought another sata hard drive (small) and took out the other sata hard drive from my old computer with all my files on it. The new sata drive works great, installed windows on it no problem. The ONE problem im having is getting to use the drive. It recognizes that it is there on device manager but when i click on my computer only my C: drive appears. I had the old one on ata channels 2 and 4 and still no difference. I tried messing around with the jumpers but no luck.
 I dont want a raid i just want two seperate drives one for the OS and one for my files etc. Help please!
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12-21-2005, 10:10 PM
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Check the drives in the BIOS, If you still the removed drive, change it to auto to change it to the correct drive.
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12-21-2005, 10:37 PM
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Check the motherboard manual to see if there were any chipset or sata drivers that you should have installed.
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12-21-2005, 10:47 PM
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alright everything is on auto but im about to head to sleep so ill re-check the manual again.
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12-22-2005, 11:34 AM
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Shiro Usagi
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Please post the complete specs for this computer. List the parts by brand and model.
Okay, lets get this straight...you originally had 1 IDE hard drive and 1 SATA hard drive. You upgraded or built a new computer and put the original SATA hard drive in and bought a new SATA hard drive and installed it. You are not using the old IDE hard drive are you? Which SATA hard drive has the OS? The old one or the new one? Which SATA port do you have the SATA hard drives connected to? Be specific. Both SATA hard drives are partitioned and formatted, right? Which version of Windows are you using?  Cricket
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12-22-2005, 12:57 PM
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correct 1 ide and 1 sata. the sata on my old computer has all my files on it. the new sata drive has the OS only on it. i have the drives connected to sata ports 1 and 2. the one drive with the OS on it is formatted and partitioned. i am using windows XP pro, and my parts are :
AMD 64 4000 1 gig pc3200 Geil geforce 7800gt. 2 WD HD's 1 40(OS only) other 120 gig(files games etc.) A8N-SLI mobo. |
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12-22-2005, 01:33 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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And the problem is Windows doesn't see the files on the old SATA hard drive?
Can you see the old SATA hard drive in Disk Management? Cricket
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12-22-2005, 04:06 PM
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i can see it on device mananger if thats what you mean but i cannot see it when i click my computer. only my c drive is there.
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