Adding IDE Drive to New System with ATA / SATA Architecture "Derek King" <u48459[ at ]uwe> 12/28/2008 11:35:02 PM Finally got a new system, made my buy, no problem with Vista [ Hitachi HDP725 SCSI 160GB HD ], (new drive). Added Maxtor 'OneTouch' USB 500GB external HD for backup. I attached my Samsung SP1203N 120GB HD using a UDMA connection cable to the primary IDE connection on the system board. The OS is WinXP Pro SP2 When I rebooted I went to the BIOS to see the drive was recognized, and it showed an accurate approximation of used and available space. Exited BIOS, restarted, and came up to the "start option" for improper OS shut down / start correctly. Restarted, and the WinXP Pro SP2 I have on the drive will not start up. I'm not getting a 'blue' screen. When I connect the 'old' drive with the 'new' drive up and running the Vista, my 'old' drive isn't detected. Back in BIOS I noticed that my 'old' drive is either in the HD 1 or 2 slot and the 'new' drive is ALWAYS listed in the 3 slot. In short ... if I connect the old drive and restart the old drive comes up first, and the OS won't start. If I try to connect the old drive while running, detecting or adding hardware doesnt work and the drive will not show in "my computer". Is there a way for me to get around this problem without trying to repair / recover the XP on the old drive and save the data? I believe a repair or recover could ruin critical information.

Re: Adding IDE Drive to New System with ATA / SATA Architecture "DL" <address[ at ]invalid> 12/29/2008 12:27:38 AM You allready have a thread on this in another group multiposting causes confusion "Derek King" <u48459[ at ]uwe> wrote in message news:8f5bf1e14903c[ at ]uwe... [Quoted Text] > Finally got a new system, made my buy, no problem with Vista [ Hitachi > HDP725 > SCSI 160GB HD ], (new drive). Added Maxtor 'OneTouch' USB 500GB external > HD > for backup. I attached my Samsung SP1203N 120GB HD using a UDMA connection > cable to the primary IDE connection on the system board. The OS is WinXP > Pro > SP2 > > When I rebooted I went to the BIOS to see the drive was recognized, and it > showed an accurate approximation of used and available space. Exited BIOS, > restarted, and came up to the "start option" for improper OS shut down / > start correctly. Restarted, and the WinXP Pro SP2 I have on the drive will > not start up. > > I'm not getting a 'blue' screen. When I connect the 'old' drive with the > 'new' drive up and running the Vista, my 'old' drive isn't detected. Back > in > BIOS I noticed that my 'old' drive is either in the HD 1 or 2 slot and the > 'new' drive is ALWAYS listed in the 3 slot. In short ... if I connect the > old > drive and restart the old drive comes up first, and the OS won't start. If > I > try to connect the old drive while running, detecting or adding hardware > doesnt work and the drive will not show in "my computer". > > Is there a way for me to get around this problem without trying to repair > / > recover the XP on the old drive and save the data? I believe a repair or > recover could ruin critical information. >

Re: Adding IDE Drive to New System with ATA / SATA Architecture Andy <1[ at ]2.3> 12/29/2008 3:30:20 AM With both drives connected, go into BIOS setup, and look for the Hard Disk Boot Priority or Hard Disk Drives setting. Move to the top of the list the drive you want to boot from. On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:35:02 GMT, "Derek King" <u48459[ at ]uwe> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Finally got a new system, made my buy, no problem with Vista [ Hitachi HDP725 >SCSI 160GB HD ], (new drive). Added Maxtor 'OneTouch' USB 500GB external HD >for backup. I attached my Samsung SP1203N 120GB HD using a UDMA connection >cable to the primary IDE connection on the system board. The OS is WinXP Pro >SP2 > >When I rebooted I went to the BIOS to see the drive was recognized, and it >showed an accurate approximation of used and available space. Exited BIOS, >restarted, and came up to the "start option" for improper OS shut down / >start correctly. Restarted, and the WinXP Pro SP2 I have on the drive will >not start up. > >I'm not getting a 'blue' screen. When I connect the 'old' drive with the >'new' drive up and running the Vista, my 'old' drive isn't detected. Back in >BIOS I noticed that my 'old' drive is either in the HD 1 or 2 slot and the >'new' drive is ALWAYS listed in the 3 slot. In short ... if I connect the old >drive and restart the old drive comes up first, and the OS won't start. If I >try to connect the old drive while running, detecting or adding hardware >doesnt work and the drive will not show in "my computer". > >Is there a way for me to get around this problem without trying to repair / >recover the XP on the old drive and save the data? I believe a repair or >recover could ruin critical information.