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378803 2005-08-06 04:50:00 Is it possible to have a sata hardrive slave/secondary to a ide hardrive which is master?

Thanks
CenC (8667)
378804 2005-08-06 05:09:00 Yes. But its not exactly a slave as such. You just set which is the first boot device - ide or sata. pctek (84)
378805 2005-08-06 05:16:00 If i connect it and set up the bios settings as my manual says it loads up windows like usual from my ide drive. It starts installing some thing like ide2 controller and so on. It found my hardrive it said found XXXXXX but it didnt show up in explorer. CenC (8667)
378806 2005-08-06 05:43:00 If youre using XP, it wont show in My computer, if it hasnt been used before / formatted before.

Are you using XP or other?
Speedy Gonzales (78)
378807 2005-08-06 09:49:00 And you have loaded drivers for sATA if it needs them? Sounds like its trying to.... pctek (84)
378808 2005-08-06 10:42:00 Here is a free boot cd that could help you, its a very good cd.

www.icyteen.com

download extract files and burn to cd . hope it helps.
BootyLicious (526)
378809 2005-08-06 12:36:00 I think I have the same problem.

I have installed a sata drive alongside my 2 ide drives.

Motherboard supports it and drivers installed and it even sees it in bios on bootup but explorer cant see it?

Any ideas?

Many thanks
ModMaster (8676)
378810 2005-08-06 12:54:00 right click the "my computer" icon,select manage>storage>disk management>right click the drive in question and select format. Metla (12)
378811 2005-08-06 13:02:00 It doesnt show under disc management, hmm strange.

:horrified
ModMaster (8676)
378812 2005-08-06 21:36:00 I think I have the same problem.

I have installed a sata drive alongside my 2 ide drives.

Motherboard supports it and drivers installed and it even sees it in bios on bootup but explorer cant see it?

Any ideas?

Many thanks
You siad you installed drivers. When. After XP loaded? And what were the drivers exactly?
pctek (84)
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