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- DVDrw booting problems
- Hi,I have seen a lot of things similar to this problem on here, but nothing that helps.I have a sATA board with two sATA drives, also an IDE DVDrw and one IDE HDD.The bios finds the first sATA and the IDE HDD, but not the other two. Windows sees them...
- Tags: Development tools, knottm@..., IDE HDD, IDE, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-07-23
- I have one ATA HDD and one IDE HDD - Can I use both?
- Yo!I just built a rig from a motherboard with one IDE port and several ATAs. My one ATA HDD will be my master, but I also want to use my old IDE HDD for storage. How do I set this up on the IDE line that already contains my DVDROM?...
- Tags: Development tools, istuartw@..., IDE, IDE HDD, ATA, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-07-10
- Cannot see Harddrive in XP
- So I won't get anyone confused I will number the Harddrives I am talking about:I have hooked up an IDE harddrive(1) to my PC which runs XP off a SATA harddrive(3). It works fine.I have another slightly older IDE hardrive(2) that used to be IDE
- Tags: hard drive, hardware, IDE, ide harddrive, Microsoft Windows XP, mr_cod@..., sata, Serial ATA, windows
- Discussion threads 2006-12-28
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- Can I install SATA w/IDE hardrives ?
- Hello All,I am looking to add an additional HDD to my system, however all of my IDE connectors are full. I do have 2 open SATA connectors available on my mobo. Can I hook up a SATA HDD to one of these while still keeping and always booting from my...
- Tags: motokx37@..., Serial ATA
- Discussion threads 2007-05-03
- HDD Not detecting
- Dear Techies,I have a MSI motherboard with AMD processor. Whenever I am connecting a working drive to the Primary Master or Slave IDE port it is not detecting and some mechanical sound comes from the HDD, but whenever I am connecting to Secondary Master it solves the problem. Here I...
- Tags: hard drive, CDD, anantanarayanb@..., IDE
- Q&A 2006-06-27
- ATA WITH SATA
- Can an older ATA hard drive be added to a new SATAconfiguration?Yes there should be no problems installing an IDE Drive into an existing SATA setup.But here it depends on the M'Board if there is only 1 IDE channel which is now the norm then you'll have to make sure...
- Tags: IDE, ATA, PATA HDD, Serial ATA, GB sata HDD, cruffin, hardware, hard drive
- Q&A 2006-07-14
- ide harddrive
- just bought a board and thioght it had a couple of ide connectors but has one ide and one floppy connector with a few sata connectors.is it possible to convert the ide to sata?Possible yes practicle?There are devices available that allow you to connect IDE devices to SATA ports.http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=RXD639-IDE-SATA-ADP&cat=HDDAs to...
- Tags: Development tools, Serial ATA, hard drive, bouzeo@..., IDE
- Discussion threads 2007-11-23
- Computer not detecting IDE DVD-R drive or IDE HDD
- I was installing a DvD-R drive into my computer when this occurred. I turned the computer on and it took an extremely long time to boot. It is not detecting anything IDE. I have 2 CD drives installed and one IDE harddrive my main is SATA. These are not showing...
- Tags: Development tools, DVD, Consumer electronics, PRODUCTIVITY, ldp_frog@..., IDE, DVD-R, computer, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-10-19
- cloning
- I have 2 SATA HDD's, and 1 IDE 80GB HDD. My winXP os is on the SATA and i want to put the os on the IDE drive so that i can use the sata for other things. Is there a way to clone the OS to the 80G IDE...
- Tags: Development tools, jDizzyl, Serial ATA, IDE, IDE Drive
- Discussion threads 2007-07-07
- Adding a second SATA HDD
- Hi, I currently have a Dell PC (P4 630) that has a SATA HDD as the primary drive. I am thinking of adding another SATA HDD to it for extra storage. When I opened up my PC tower, I can only see one SATA connector and some spare...
- Tags: gyang@..., Serial ATA, SATA HDD
- Discussion threads 2007-07-06
- SATA HDD wont boot
- I installed a WD 250G SATA with 2 WD 80G HDD's that were my C and F drive. I made a mirror image of my C using ACRONUS, and put it on my SATA because as i understand it the sata has to be MASTER. However, once i did...
- Tags: C/C++, jDizzyl, Serial ATA, C, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-06-26
- 250GB SATA Drive not Recognized by Award BIOS
- I have a 250GB Maxtor DiamondMax 21 IDE HDD with an IDE to SATA adapter plugged into a Biostar P4M80-M4 Motherboard to replace the 160GB IDE that crashed after 5 years of contentious use.The Motherboard uses the Award BIOS and I have not been able to get the BIOS to...
- Tags: draygon_icewing@..., motherboard, Serial ATA, AWARD BIOS
- Discussion threads 2007-11-02
- How can I connect Sata HDD as Master and IDE DVDRW as Slave?
- I am doing a mew build on an Asus MB. There is only one IDE connector on the board and 4 Sata connectors. I want to connect the 160 Gig Seagate SATA as master for XP PRO and the DVD burner as slave IDE. I can't seem to get the...
- Tags: Development tools, DVD, Consumer electronics, hbint@..., IDE
- Discussion threads 2007-10-29
- HDD Recovery - Recommendations Needed
- Received BSOD "Unmountable_Boot_Volume" and have tossed everything I know at a "Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8" 40GB hdd and nothing lets me in. Ran IDE Diagnostics and received "Primary IDE - Maxtor 6E040L0 - Fail - Return Code 7". Ran Recovery Console chkdsk and stopped @ 50%...
- Tags: bigx69, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-05-31
- HardDrive Not Detected or Don't Power On
- My hard drive won't turn on when I put in Both the Power Cord & the IDE Cable into my hard drive. But if I take out the IDE Cable & leave the power cord in, then the hard drive turns on. What can I do to make...
- Tags: cable, hard drive, hardware, IDE, IDE cable, skullkrusher250@...
- Q&A 2005-03-09
- Computer will not boot
- I have a PowerSpec 6342, integrated graphics. If I disconnect the HDD, computer posts. If I connect HDD to mobo using IDE cable with no power, computer POSTS. If I connect HDD to PSU (without connecting IDE cable, computer clicks and immediately shuts off. Tried different...
- Tags: legalsearch@..., hard drive, PSU, cable, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-10-29
- SATA to IDE
- I want to connect an IDE HDD from a corrupted computer, which is running Win XP to an old computer running Win 98 via SATA connection. The idea is that when the Main computer boots up, it recognises the slave HDD and corrects the errors on the disk. Can this...
- Tags: Serial ATA, Microsoft Windows 98, PRODUCTIVITY, pat.mullally@...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-17
- Laptop HDD crashed, no OS found
- Okay, I've tried hooking up a 2.5" IDE to USB but the drive wouldn't detect on my desktop. I've also removed a HDD from a working laptop and put in mine but it was a no go. I'm thinking a possible system file was deleted??? Any ideas?
- Tags: Notebooks, murphy_paul_@..., hard drive, laptop computer, operating system
- Discussion threads 2007-06-13
- IDE Hdd problem
- I am trying to repair a friends pc which stopped booting wont even go through post I disconnected the hdd and post screen appeared and detected the cd rom ok, I then tried a spare hdd and the same problem persisted, tried the original hdd in a spare pc and...
- Tags: hardware, hdd, IDE, ide hdd m/board asrock k7vt4a+, PC, power supply, test@...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-01
- Replacing a very small hard drive
- I think I undrstand the basics of replacing a hard drive.. just not a 100% positive as to the boot up process I know it has to be changed in the Bios so as it will boot from cd not quite sure how to go about that particular function...Also if...
- Tags: BIOS, hard drive, IDE, scotmandoo@..., windows
- Discussion threads 2007-01-07
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