Jim Oravec wrote:
> I installed win2k pro on 1 of 2 120 GB SATA drives.But when I reconnect my 2
> IDE hd on secondary
> and have bios set to boot SCSI only, the computer fails to boot my SATA
> Win2k.(It would boot IDE HD or CD-Rom if bios set.)
>
> Problem: when I removed the IDE's to boot back on the SATA again, Computer
> failed to boot, saying please insert bootable disc and hit return or
> something similiar.Had to actually reinstall Win2k.(Initial startup screen
> shows SATA Drives are still seen by BIOS.) Don't want to go through that
> again.
>
> Ideally I need to have SATA as Drive C:/ with Win2 (like it is now) in a
> non-raid setup, with the second SATA as Drive D:/ for video editing only and
> my other 5 IDE's (Some on a PCI adapter) to follow behind them, used for
> storage.
>
> Any pointers greatly appreciated.
>
> Jimmy Martin
>
>
>
Do any of the other drives have a bootable copy of Windows on them? The
BIOS will go to the SATA drive first but when Windows tries to
initialize it will see 2 or more active & bootable disks and get
confused/corrupted. Also, many of the PCI-IDE adapters out there are
identified as SCSI, which can add to the confusion. I believe you said
the PC booted OK with just the SATA Drive so leave out the IDE drive
that you previously booted from and see if that gets things right. If
so, you can fdisk and format the drive separately and all should be well.
Rob
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