XP Wont boot after adding SATA drive

[Darren Newman]

Hi
I've just added a Seagate SATA drive thru a silicon controller PCI card.
The card drivers are OK but XP does not boot when the sata drive is plugged
in.
If I take out the cable XP will boot - then i can plug it back in and the
drive is there.
I have a dual boot XP and 98SE - win 98 works fine but i cannot boot from my
original IDE drive where XP resides.

The boot menu in bios points to the ide drive and nothing else but the pci
based sata drive is where it tries to boot from every time.

Any help much appreciated.

Darren

 

[JAD]

boot sequence?

 

[Ruel Smith (Big Daddy)]

i only have the ide drive in the boot sequence

My guess is that somewhere else in the BIOS, it's checking for the drive on
the card and not the IDE drive. It doesn't find a bootable device and
doesn't proceed any further. Do a little more investigation and your answer
might hit you in the face.



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Big Daddy Ruel Smith

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[Darren Newman]

i only have the ide drive in the boot sequence

boot sequence?

 

[Darren Newman]

Thanks - ive been trying to sort this for three days with no luck - im
considering getting an external case so i can just plug it in once ive
booted!
Ive tried untold bios configurations
Its driving me nuts
Darren