Re: Unrecognised 2nd hard drive problem
- From: "Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 16:29:46 -0400
"Geoff" <geoffb41@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Using Win XP Pro SP2 (and updates).
I have been using two hard drives in my computer and recently I
disconnected the secondary hard drive in order to fit in another
smaller hard drive to which I "ghosted" my operating system to, for
emergency back up purposes. After removing this drive and reconnecting
my secondary hard drive my computer does not now recognise my old hard
drive! No jumper pin changes were made, I have removed and reconnected
cables, checked the BIOS for Auto "recognition" but still nothing.
What have I missed? Where to now? Thanks
"Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Geoff:
If I correctly understand you...
You're indicating that your motherboard's BIOS *does* detect the
secondary HD but the OS does not. Is that correct?
If so, have you accessed Disk Management to see if the drive is listed
there but no drive letter has been assigned to it? If that's the case,
see if you can assign a drive letter.
If that doesn't work out, connect the HD to another IDE channel and see
if it's recognized there.
If the BIOS does *not* detect the HD in question, that is, of course, a
different problem.
Anna
"Geoff" <geoffb41@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sorry - should have stated in my original post that BIOS does not
recognise 2nd hard drive. However if I make the second hard drive the
primary one (having disconnected the original primary drive) then it is
detected by the BIOS still using the primary IDE channel.
"Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Geoff:
So you're saying that the BIOS *does in fact* detect that 2nd HD as long
as it's connected on the Primary IDE channel, either at the Master *or*
Slave position rather than on the Secondary IDE channel? So, presumably
you can boot to either of your HDs that are connected anywhere on the
Primary IDE channel - is that right?
So is the basic problem really that *any* device, HD or otherwise, is not
detected by the BIOS when connected on the Secondary IDE channel, i.e.,
if you connect an optical drive on that channel it's similarly not
detected by the BIOS?
Anna
"Geoff" <geoffb41@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Anna for your time - the second hard drive is detected by the BIOS
if jumpered correctly as a Master on the Primary IDE. It is not being
detected by the BIOS as a Slave when jumpered correctly with the first
hard drive (Master) on the Primary IDE.
Currently I have two optical drives (Master and Slave) that are recognised
by the BIOS and O/S on the Secondary IDE.
Geoff:
So you can boot to the "problem" HD when it's connected as PM, right? (I'm
assuming you created a viable clone). So when all is said & done, the
problem is *only* with the device connected at the Primary Slave position,
period. Isn't that correct?
If you connect one or another of your optical drives as PS - what happens?
The BIOS won't detect the device?
And you say you've changed the IDE data cable used by your HDs, yes? And
you're absolutely sure you've correctly connected/jumpered that problem HD,
right.
And you've reviewed your BIOS settings to ensure they're all correct
relative to this issue, yes?
Anna
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