Drives showing as SCSI

MarkieCad · 04-13-2008

I've finally got my PC dual booting with Vista and so begins my first trip into the world of Vista! Initially it's quite disorientating after using XP for so long. One problem I have is that my HD's are showing as SCSI disk devices together with SCSI ID's!! Anyone got any ideas on this one?

**Dwarf** · 04-13-2008

Hi Mark,

Are you, by any chance, using RAID on your system? Depending on the system, when you have hard drives in a RAID configuration they can show as being SCSI devices. As long as your system is working correctly, there is nothing to worry about.
Dwarf

MarkieCad · 04-13-2008

Hi Dwarf, thanks for the response. There is a RAID option on my MOBO but it is not enabled. I do have 2 x sata HD's - 1st has XP and a spare partition on it. The 2nd disk has Vista 64 Home Prem. There doesn't seem to be a problem when I boot to either OS, just seems a bit odd to see SCSI assignments!

**Dwarf** · 04-14-2008

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the reply. Some chipset/driver combinations refer to storage devices as SCSI devices as opposed to the terminology that you are used to.
Dwarf

04-13-2008	#1 (permalink)
MarkieCad Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Vista Business 10 posts Newport Rep Power: 4	Drives showing as SCSI I've finally got my PC dual booting with Vista and so begins my first trip into the world of Vista! Initially it's quite disorientating after using XP for so long. One problem I have is that my HD's are showing as SCSI disk devices together with SCSI ID's!! Anyone got any ideas on this one?
My System Specs

04-13-2008	#2 (permalink)
Dwarf The Contemplator Join Date: Mar 2008 Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1 628 posts Doncaster, UK Rep Power: 55	Re: Drives showing as SCSI Hi Mark, Are you, by any chance, using RAID on your system? Depending on the system, when you have hard drives in a RAID configuration they can show as being SCSI devices. As long as your system is working correctly, there is nothing to worry about. Dwarf
My System Specs

04-13-2008	#3 (permalink)
MarkieCad Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Vista Business 10 posts Newport Rep Power: 4	Re: Drives showing as SCSI Hi Dwarf, thanks for the response. There is a RAID option on my MOBO but it is not enabled. I do have 2 x sata HD's - 1st has XP and a spare partition on it. The 2nd disk has Vista 64 Home Prem. There doesn't seem to be a problem when I boot to either OS, just seems a bit odd to see SCSI assignments!
My System Specs

04-14-2008	#4 (permalink)
Dwarf The Contemplator Join Date: Mar 2008 Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1 628 posts Doncaster, UK Rep Power: 55	Re: Drives showing as SCSI Hi Mark, Thanks for the reply. Some chipset/driver combinations refer to storage devices as SCSI devices as opposed to the terminology that you are used to. Dwarf
My System Specs

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Drives not showing up	cyoie	General Discussion	6	08-31-2008 07:56 PM
CD/DVD Drives Not Showing	Mribaul	Vista hardware & devices	6	01-20-2008 03:10 PM
DVD Drives Not Showing	Geoff	Vista hardware & devices	2	04-10-2007 10:20 PM
SCSI drives	Barry Miller	Vista hardware & devices	0	06-19-2006 10:08 PM
Where is my DVD/CD ROM? Drives not showing up.	chrsbrq	Vista hardware & devices	0	06-16-2006 01:31 PM