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Old 06-03-2008   #1 (permalink)


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no ide DRIVE VISTA x64

My vista x64 will not recognize my ide drive. It was internal then rigged it to be external and nothing. And yes it works on other computers.

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Old 06-03-2008   #2 (permalink)


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Re: no ide DRIVE VISTA x64

Did you enable it in the BIOS and can it see it?
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Old 06-04-2008   #3 (permalink)


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Re: no ide DRIVE VISTA x64

When I had the drive hooked up to the mother board the BIOS did not recognize it nor did Windows Explorer. Now that I have switched it to an external drive Windows still does not recognize it.

In the device manager there is an exclamation point of the Serial ATA controller. In addition, Windows update will not install certain updates. Thank you.
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Old 06-04-2008   #4 (permalink)


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Re: no ide DRIVE VISTA x64

Add the drivers for the SATA controller with the !. Do you get a option ROM error on bootup? I would suggest getting an external drive and backing up the IDE drive to it. Then, move the external drive to your computer and copy the files. It seems like IDE is not enabled. Do you have Parallel ATA or PATA enabled in your BIOS? You need both PATA and SATA enabled.
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Old 06-04-2008   #5 (permalink)


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Re: no ide DRIVE VISTA x64

Thanks but everything that needs to be on for this to run is enabled. I don't understand.
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Old 06-04-2008   #6 (permalink)


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Re: no ide DRIVE VISTA x64

You could have a Option ROM conflict with your IDE, SATA, Video card, etc. filling the Option ROM area causing a conflict and no allowing the devices to load.
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Old 06-04-2008   #7 (permalink)


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Re: no ide DRIVE VISTA x64

Option ROM. Where would I find that? In the BIOS? If so, I don't see any menu that would have that option.
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