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Problem: SATA and IDE running at the same time

Discussion in 'Techno-Magic' started by Darkstrike, Feb 28, 2008.

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    [​IMG] I am wondering if anyone could help me out. I have installed an IDE Hard drive. with SATA being my main one with my OS (WIn xp). I have only one problem. In the Device Manager the IDE shows up, but under My Computer or anywhere else I cannot access it. What could cause this?
    P.S. My IDE's jumper is set to slave. Not sure if that will help any!

    Thanks in advance!
     
    Darkstrike, Feb 28, 2008
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    Is that the only IDE drive you've got (including CD/DVD drive) on that cable? If yes, then the jumper should be set to master. This could be the problem (though I would have expected it not to show up in the Device Manager at all)
     
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    Yes it is the only one on that cable. Thanks I will try that!

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    I set it to master, but there is still no change
     
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    I had a similar problem using a 2nd SATA drive a while back, I transported it to a new computer and it would show up in device manager, but not my computer. It came down to a partition problem, my old comp could read the partition information but the new one could not. I ended up re-writing the partition information using a free program called TestDisk and it's worked fine ever since.

    Here's an illustrated guide, hope it helps.
     
    Stu, Feb 29, 2008
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    Na! No go!
     
    Darkstrike, Mar 1, 2008
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    I tried formatting the drive with KillDisk and then using TestDisk as well, but nothing.
     
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