I have a LANPARTY UT mobo, 2 SATA drives, and 1 IDE drive (300MB). The
SATA drives are not set up with RAID.

The BIOS properly identified all 3 drives. I set up the IDE drive as
the boot drive in the BIOS.

When I ran Windows xp setup, all 3 drives were recognized. I installed
Windows on the IDE drive. After windows setup was complete, I could
not "see" either of the SATA drives from within Windows.

By the way, when I installed the 2 SATA drives without the IDE drive,
and installed Windows on one of the SATA drives, Windows recognized
both SATA drives correctly.

I didn't use a floppy disk with SATA drivers when I installed Windows.

What is the problem? How can I get Windows to recognize the 2 SATA
drives? (I'd like to keep using the IDE drive as my boot drive for
Windows, if possible.)

This is my first posting, so I apologize if I left anything out or
used the wrong terminology. I really would appreciate any help.

Have you gone to Administrative Tools/computer Management/disk management ??
there you should see the 2 SATA drives...you might need to "connect" them or
Format them in order for them to show under Explorer.
peter
"Jeff Y." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a LANPARTY UT mobo, 2 SATA drives, and 1 IDE drive (300MB). The
> SATA drives are not set up with RAID.
>
> The BIOS properly identified all 3 drives. I set up the IDE drive as
> the boot drive in the BIOS.
>
> When I ran Windows xp setup, all 3 drives were recognized. I installed
> Windows on the IDE drive. After windows setup was complete, I could
> not "see" either of the SATA drives from within Windows.
>
> By the way, when I installed the 2 SATA drives without the IDE drive,
> and installed Windows on one of the SATA drives, Windows recognized
> both SATA drives correctly.
>
> I didn't use a floppy disk with SATA drivers when I installed Windows.
>
> What is the problem? How can I get Windows to recognize the 2 SATA
> drives? (I'd like to keep using the IDE drive as my boot drive for
> Windows, if possible.)
>
> This is my first posting, so I apologize if I left anything out or
> used the wrong terminology. I really would appreciate any help.
>

Install the SATA drivers you should have received with the drives; should be
on a floppy. Or download from the drive manufacturer's web site.

Windows may have seen them when installed on one of the SATAs but I'm
guessing that the install on the IDE precluded Windows from installing the
SATA drivers during the install; that's why you need them now.

"Jeff Y." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a LANPARTY UT mobo, 2 SATA drives, and 1 IDE drive (300MB). The
> SATA drives are not set up with RAID.
>
> The BIOS properly identified all 3 drives. I set up the IDE drive as
> the boot drive in the BIOS.
>
> When I ran Windows xp setup, all 3 drives were recognized. I installed
> Windows on the IDE drive. After windows setup was complete, I could
> not "see" either of the SATA drives from within Windows.
>
> By the way, when I installed the 2 SATA drives without the IDE drive,
> and installed Windows on one of the SATA drives, Windows recognized
> both SATA drives correctly.
>
> I didn't use a floppy disk with SATA drivers when I installed Windows.
>
> What is the problem? How can I get Windows to recognize the 2 SATA
> drives? (I'd like to keep using the IDE drive as my boot drive for
> Windows, if possible.)
>
> This is my first posting, so I apologize if I left anything out or
> used the wrong terminology. I really would appreciate any help.
>

OK, thanks for the suggestions. I used the SATA drivers, and now
Windows can see all 3 drives.

New problem: Before I posted here, I had tried installing Windows on
the SATA drive by removing the IDE drive. This worked fine. Now I want
to install Windows on the IDE drive, which was my original goal. But
when I go through Windows setup (using the SATA drivers) to install on
the IDE drive, as soon as the computer reboots, it automatically boots
into the SATA drive. Thus I cannot complete the Windows installation.

How can I boot into the IDE drive? How can I get Windows to finish the
installation on the IDE drive? Do I have to delete the Windows
installation on the SATA drive? Do I have to change the boot
configuration or the partition types?

Again, any help is appreciated.

You need to set the boot order in the BIOS...IDE before SATA or if you BIOS
is like mine you can pick a specific drive as the boot drive.
Then when you boot from the XP CD and do a new installation be sure to pick
the right drive.
You also could disconnect the SATA before you install XP onto the IDE
drive....making sure that the boot order is set to IDE before SATA.When the
Installation is complete,reconnect the SATA and you reboot into XP IDE you
can then format XP off the SATA.
peter
"Jeff Y." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> OK, thanks for the suggestions. I used the SATA drivers, and now
> Windows can see all 3 drives.
>
> New problem: Before I posted here, I had tried installing Windows on
> the SATA drive by removing the IDE drive. This worked fine. Now I want
> to install Windows on the IDE drive, which was my original goal. But
> when I go through Windows setup (using the SATA drivers) to install on
> the IDE drive, as soon as the computer reboots, it automatically boots
> into the SATA drive. Thus I cannot complete the Windows installation.
>
> How can I boot into the IDE drive? How can I get Windows to finish the
> installation on the IDE drive? Do I have to delete the Windows
> installation on the SATA drive? Do I have to change the boot
> configuration or the partition types?
>
> Again, any help is appreciated.
>

Thanks for the suggestions. I understand everything except: "you can
then format XP off the SATA." Can you explain in a little more detail
what that means and how to do it?

"Jeff Y." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for the suggestions. I understand everything except: "you can
> then format XP off the SATA." Can you explain in a little more detail
> what that means and how to do it?
>

After you boot into XP which is installed on the IDE drive, go into
Administrative tools > Computer management > Disk management then select the
SATA drive and format it. This will remove all of the files on the HDD in
the process.

I hope you have labeled you drives/partitions so you know which one is
which. Makes it harder to accidentally delete or format a partition.

Thanks for all the help. I'll be able to try it out on Monday.


On Mar 3, 10:18 am, "dobey" <a...@v.nox> wrote:
> "Jeff Y." <schemather...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > Thanks for the suggestions. I understand everything except: "you can
> > then format XP off the SATA." Can you explain in a little more detail
> > what that means and how to do it?
>
> After you boot into XP which is installed on the IDE drive, go into
> Administrative tools > Computer management > Disk management then select the
> SATA drive and format it. This will remove all of the files on the HDD in
> the process.
>
> I hope you have labeled you drives/partitions so you know which one is
> which. Makes it harder to accidentally delete or format a partition.

Bad news... I changed the boot drive to the IDE hard drive (instead of
the SATA drive) in the BIOS. I then tried to install Windows on the
IDE drive from the Windows CD-ROM, and pressed F6 to load the newest
SATA drivers. Windows began the installation with no problems,
including copying files. However, when setup rebooted to continue the
installation, I got a DOS-type screen saying that, because of an
error, it could not continue Windows normally, and offered me the
choice of going into safe mode or trying the last good configuration.
I tried to go into safe mode: it loaded the safe mode drivers, then
rebooted itself before actually getting to the safe mode Windows log-
in screen. This happened twice. The same thing happened when I tried
the Last Known Good Configuration.

I then tried to install Windows again on the IDE drive without the
SATA drivers. The installation completed perfectly. But Windows could
not "see" the other two drives as even existing. I checked My Computer
and the Disk Managament console. They only listed one hard drive (the
IDE drive) instead of 3.

What can I try next? I can't figure out what's going wrong.


On Mar 3, 11:45 pm, "Jeff Y." <schemather...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for all the help. I'll be able to try it out on Monday.
>
> On Mar 3, 10:18 am, "dobey" <a...@v.nox> wrote:
>
>
>
> > "Jeff Y." <schemather...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > > Thanks for the suggestions. I understand everything except: "you can
> > > then format XP off the SATA." Can you explain in a little more detail
> > > what that means and how to do it?
>
> > After you boot into XP which is installed on the IDE drive, go into
> > Administrative tools > Computer management > Disk management then select the
> > SATA drive and format it. This will remove all of the files on the HDD in
> > the process.
>
> > I hope you have labeled you drives/partitions so you know which one is
> > which. Makes it harder to accidentally delete or format a partition.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Can Widows "see" the drives in . . . Administrative Tools/Computer
Management/Disk management . . . ?

On 5 Mar 2007 13:49:45 -0800, "Jeff Y." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Bad news... I changed the boot drive to the IDE hard drive (instead of
>the SATA drive) in the BIOS. I then tried to install Windows on the
>IDE drive from the Windows CD-ROM, and pressed F6 to load the newest
>SATA drivers. Windows began the installation with no problems,
>including copying files. However, when setup rebooted to continue the
>installation, I got a DOS-type screen saying that, because of an
>error, it could not continue Windows normally, and offered me the
>choice of going into safe mode or trying the last good configuration.
>I tried to go into safe mode: it loaded the safe mode drivers, then
>rebooted itself before actually getting to the safe mode Windows log-
>in screen. This happened twice. The same thing happened when I tried
>the Last Known Good Configuration.
>
>I then tried to install Windows again on the IDE drive without the
>SATA drivers. The installation completed perfectly. But Windows could
>not "see" the other two drives as even existing. I checked My Computer
>and the Disk Managament console. They only listed one hard drive (the
>IDE drive) instead of 3.
>
>What can I try next? I can't figure out what's going wrong.
>
>
>On Mar 3, 11:45 pm, "Jeff Y." <schemather...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for all the help. I'll be able to try it out on Monday.
>>
>> On Mar 3, 10:18 am, "dobey" <a...@v.nox> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > "Jeff Y." <schemather...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> >news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> > > Thanks for the suggestions. I understand everything except: "you can
>> > > then format XP off the SATA." Can you explain in a little more detail
>> > > what that means and how to do it?
>>
>> > After you boot into XP which is installed on the IDE drive, go into
>> > Administrative tools > Computer management > Disk management then select the
>> > SATA drive and format it. This will remove all of the files on the HDD in
>> > the process.
>>
>> > I hope you have labeled you drives/partitions so you know which one is
>> > which. Makes it harder to accidentally delete or format a partition.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>