Win XP won't recognize my 2nd HD...Help

[mpmiller]

I just bought a new Dell Dimension w/ Win XP Media Edition. I took my
2nd HD from my old Win XP Pro Dell Dimension and installed it into the
new computer. The bios recognizes it correctly as an 80GB HD as device
1. Disk Management sees no Disk 1, it shows Disk 0, Disk 2, Disk 3, No
Disk 1. What can I do? Its an 80GB Seagate w/ NTFS format, it works
fine in the older pc, it contains my 40GB music collection for my ipod.

Thanks - Mike

 

[R. McCarty]

Make sure that the IDE controller (Primary/Secondary) Advanced
(TAB) options have the tap (Master/Slave) set to Auto. Sometimes
even though BIOS will detect it - the controller channel taps themselves
must be enabled to serve the device.

Check in Device Manager, ATAPI/IDE controllers. Double-Click
on Primary or Secondary and the details box "Should" have an Adv
category.

Depending on your Chipset (Intel, Via, nVidia, SIS...) you may want
to consider updating your Chipset drivers.

 

[mpmiller]

It's a Serial ATA bus. Should that make a difference?

 

[mpmiller]

It's a Serial ATA bus. Should that make a difference?

 

[R. McCarty]

Yes and no - It depends on the actual SATA controller. On my
Intel 865 MB the SATA controllers still appear in Device Manager
as a "Traditional" Dual-Channel controller, showing a Primary and
Secondary controller. Obviously, the Advanced (TAB) shows both
taps for configuration but only the Master truly works/configurable.

Confusing, I know - but you'll have to check your Device Manager
setup to determine that. That's the problem with newer technology,
I tend to assume everyone is using PATA controllers and if you had
mentioned SATA I could have "Tweaked" the original reply.

If you have 2 Primary and 2 Secondary controllers in DevMgr then
your XP instance displays both PATA & SATA together like mine
and you need to ensure the SATA channels have the Master tap
enabled.

**This post is beginning to sound like Abbott & Costello doing
"Who's on First"

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Then, you may need to tell the BIOS which is the Master SATA and which is
the Secondary. If the "old" hard drive was originally set as Master, the
newer hard drive, which is already set as Master, may be blocking it.

 

[Ron Martell]

It's a Serial ATA bus. Should that make a difference?

Is your new hard drive (the one that came with the computer Serial ATA
and the drive from the old machine an IDE drive?

If so then you need to look for a "mixed" setting in the hard drive
controllers section of the BIOS setup and activate that.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm

 

[mpmiller]

The 2nd drive is IDE, I used an IDE to Serial ATA converter. The bios
recognizes it ok. Everything looked ok in the bios. I'll double check.

Thanks

Mike