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SATA HDD on IDE pc
Name: springet Date: June 3, 2009 at 07:15:01 Pacific OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition CPU/Ram: 1.8 GHz / 511 MB Product: Medionpc / Awrdacpi Subcategory: Hard Drives
Comment:
I have added a SATA HDD from another pc to an old pc using a Serial ATA PCI Host adapter. this HDD contains data i need to keep. after installation and reboot i cant see this drive. In device management i can see the drive as a "Foreign" drive. Can anyone tell me how i can access this drive without having to loose akll of the data on it.
Name: grasshopper Date: June 3, 2009 at 09:20:41 Pacific
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Did the adapter come with sata drivers? You need to install sata drivers for the drive to be usable.
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Response Number 2
Name: anmor Date: June 3, 2009 at 13:53:21 Pacific
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As previous poster said, you need to install the drivers for that card, it should have been supplied with a driver disk. In addition your XP will need to have SP1 or higher installed to use a sata drive.
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Response Number 3
Name: OtheHill Date: June 3, 2009 at 14:57:56 Pacific
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In addition to the above advice you may need to take ownership of the files/folders on the old SATA drive. To learn how to do that go to the link below.
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