Can't see 2nd HDD
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Original Message
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Name: Jude Walker
Date: March 27, 2004 at 14:54:21 Pacific
Subject: Can't see 2nd HDDOS: XP Home SP1CPU/Ram: 2.8GHz P4/1GB DDR400 |
Comment: I am attempting to slave my old HDD to my new computer in order to transfer files. My new HDD is a WD 120GB 7200RPM SATA, and currently has no jumper. The old HDD is a WD 40GB 7200RPM IDE jumpered to Slave. I can see the old HDD in Device Manager, drivers are present, and everything there appears to be normal. However, it does not show up in My Computer, and I am not able to access it. Even though I am told that it is not necessary to have a jumper on the new HDD, might this be the problem? Jude
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Response Number 1
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Name: Jude Walker
Date: March 27, 2004 at 15:18:35 Pacific
Subject: Can't see 2nd HDD |
Reply: (edit)I should have mentioned that the new system is up and running with XP Home on the new HDD and 98SE on the old. Sorry for the omission.
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Response Number 2
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Name: 808
Date: March 27, 2004 at 16:29:37 Pacific
Subject: Can't see 2nd HDD |
Reply: (edit)Jude, Unless the old drive were also a SATA, I believe that it would be jumpered as master on the IDE port or jumperless for cable select. 808
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Response Number 3
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Name: Jimi_l
Date: March 27, 2004 at 16:55:26 Pacific
Subject: Can't see 2nd HDD |
Reply: (edit)Nope, we tried that already. We also tried changing IDE channels to no avail. Jude, I have an E-mail in to my WD rep and I will contact you when he gets back to me. I'll keep looking in the meantime and perhaps someone here will kick in somthing. Jimi_l
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Response Number 4
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Name: Jimi_l
Date: March 27, 2004 at 17:05:45 Pacific
Subject: Can't see 2nd HDD |
Reply: (edit)Try removing the IDE cable for the two optical drives completely. I read that some motherboards (although not Intels) may have trouble with that. I would also again try it that way as master, slave and not jumoered at all. Jimi_l
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Response Number 5
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Name: Tunes
Date: March 31, 2004 at 08:49:26 Pacific
Subject: Can't see 2nd HDD
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Reply: (edit)Dude, I have the same EXACT problem. MY WD1200 with XP installed can't see my seagate ST340823A 40 gig drive (win98) when the seagate is a slave. The ONLY way to see the seagate in XP is to place it as a slave behind my Plextor CDR drive. I have a Gigabyte GA-7VAX MOBO. Your solution is my solution. I'll let you know what I find.
Tunes
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