ide cd drive not being auto detected

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shawngoldw

Hey, I have vista ultimate x64. I had an ide drive that was working
perfectly, then i bought a sata dvd drive. Now Vista recognizes my sata drive
but does not auto detect my ide drive anymore. I can scan for new hardware in
device manager and it finds the ide and it starts working properly, but as
soon as I restart its gone again. How can I get vista to see my ide drive on
its own?

Thanks, Shawn.
 
C

cqui3

shawngoldw said:
Hey, I have vista ultimate x64. I had an ide drive that was working
perfectly, then i bought a sata dvd drive. Now Vista recognizes my sata
drive
but does not auto detect my ide drive anymore. I can scan for new hardware
in
device manager and it finds the ide and it starts working properly, but as
soon as I restart its gone again. How can I get vista to see my ide drive
on
its own?

Thanks, Shawn.
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Check in Computer - right click - Manage - if that drive does not share
its letter with a SATA drive. If so, change the letter to something else.
 
S

shawngoldw

cqui3 said:
Check in Computer - right click - Manage - if that drive does not share
its letter with a SATA drive. If so, change the letter to something else.
Click to expand...

no, they don't share the drive letter.
 

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