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01-12-2009
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| Vista Home Premium 32bit | Vista Will NOT Recognize 2nd SATA Hard Drive! Just installed a Seagate 250 GB SATA hard drive in bay 2 of my HP Compac dv9000 series laptop. However, no matter what I do, VIsta Home Premium will not recognize the 2nd drive. It does NOT show up in Disk Manager in the Computer Management console or in Explorer. If I go into Setup the BIOS says that the drive is there. However it does'nt exist in Windows Vista. Does anyone have a clue as to why this is happening? Is there a BIOS tweak or what? Thanks for any and all advice! |
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01-12-2009
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| | Re: Vista Will NOT Recognize 2nd SATA Hard Drive! Did you set the jumper to slave? "technomann" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:8dc757ce135e290c628e96ae60b9b4a6@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > Just installed a Seagate 250 GB SATA hard drive in bay 2 of my HP Compac > dv9000 series laptop. However, no matter what I do, VIsta Home Premium > will not recognize the 2nd drive. It does NOT show up in Disk Manager in > the Computer Management console or in Explorer. If I go into Setup the > BIOS says that the drive is there. However it does'nt exist in Windows > Vista. Does anyone have a clue as to why this is happening? Is there a > BIOS tweak or what? Thanks for any and all advice! > > > -- > technomann |
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01-12-2009
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| | Re: Vista Will NOT Recognize 2nd SATA Hard Drive! SATA drives have no master/slave jumper -- ---- Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 Help Us Help You http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm "JerryM" <jerrym526@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:Ob0amJOdJHA.4124@xxxxxx Quote: > Did you set the jumper to slave? > > > "technomann" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message > news:8dc757ce135e290c628e96ae60b9b4a6@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: >> >> Just installed a Seagate 250 GB SATA hard drive in bay 2 of my HP Compac >> dv9000 series laptop. However, no matter what I do, VIsta Home Premium >> will not recognize the 2nd drive. It does NOT show up in Disk Manager in >> the Computer Management console or in Explorer. If I go into Setup the >> BIOS says that the drive is there. However it does'nt exist in Windows >> Vista. Does anyone have a clue as to why this is happening? Is there a >> BIOS tweak or what? Thanks for any and all advice! >> >> >> -- >> technomann |
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01-12-2009
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| | Re: Vista Will NOT Recognize 2nd SATA Hard Drive! Just out of curiosity does the drive show up in device manager? -- ---- Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 Help Us Help You http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm "technomann" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:8dc757ce135e290c628e96ae60b9b4a6@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > Just installed a Seagate 250 GB SATA hard drive in bay 2 of my HP Compac > dv9000 series laptop. However, no matter what I do, VIsta Home Premium > will not recognize the 2nd drive. It does NOT show up in Disk Manager in > the Computer Management console or in Explorer. If I go into Setup the > BIOS says that the drive is there. However it does'nt exist in Windows > Vista. Does anyone have a clue as to why this is happening? Is there a > BIOS tweak or what? Thanks for any and all advice! > > > -- > technomann |
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01-12-2009
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| | Re: Vista Will NOT Recognize 2nd SATA Hard Drive! "David B." <mail@xxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:e4WkeNOdJHA.1336@xxxxxx Quote: > Just out of curiosity does the drive show up in device manager? > > -- > > ---- > Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 > Help Us Help You http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm > > > > "technomann" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message > news:8dc757ce135e290c628e96ae60b9b4a6@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: >> >> Just installed a Seagate 250 GB SATA hard drive in bay 2 of my HP Compac >> dv9000 series laptop. However, no matter what I do, VIsta Home Premium >> will not recognize the 2nd drive. It does NOT show up in Disk Manager in >> the Computer Management console or in Explorer. If I go into Setup the >> BIOS says that the drive is there. However it does'nt exist in Windows >> Vista. Does anyone have a clue as to why this is happening? Is there a >> BIOS tweak or what? Thanks for any and all advice! >> >> >> -- >> technomann When that happens to me, I delete the IDE ATA/ATAPI controller in Device Manager, When I reboot the controller is reinstalled and all my HDs are corrrectly installed. |
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01-13-2009
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| Vista Home Premium 32bit | Re: Vista Will NOT Recognize 2nd SATA Hard Drive! I was laboring under the impression that SATA drives had no Master/Slave jumper settings. In fact, my brand new Seagate 250 GB Notebook Hard Drive did NOT come with any jumpers. But, lo and behold, after shutting down the laptop and removing the 2nd HD once again, I discovered some "prongs" on the back of the 2.5" SATA drive that looked suspiciously like jumper settings. After going to several local computer stores I was able to find a small jumper which was graciously given to me by the Geek Squad at Best Buy. Using my trusty tweezers I inserted the jumper into the back of the SATA, re-installed it and powered up the laptop. To my utter amazement my 2nd HD was now showing up in Disk Management and Explorer as well. Who said SATA drives don't have any jumper settings? |
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01-13-2009
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| | Re: Vista Will NOT Recognize 2nd SATA Hard Drive! technomann wrote: Quote: > I was laboring under the impression that SATA drives had no Master/Slave > jumper settings. In fact, my brand new Seagate 250 GB Notebook Hard > Drive did NOT come with any jumpers. But, lo and behold, after shutting > down the laptop and removing the 2nd HD once again, I discovered some > "prongs" on the back of the 2.5" SATA drive that looked suspiciously > like jumper settings. After going to several local computer stores I was > able to find a small jumper which was graciously given to me by the Geek > Squad at Best Buy. Using my trusty tweezers I inserted the jumper into > the back of the SATA, re-installed it and powered up the laptop. To my > utter amazement my 2nd HD was now showing up in Disk Management and > Explorer as well. > > Who said SATA drives don't have any jumper settings? > > Depending on the computer you install the drive into it may or may not need the jumper. |
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01-13-2009
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| | Re: Vista Will NOT Recognize 2nd SATA Hard Drive! Google the model of the hard drive or look it up on Seagate's website, the jumper is likely for SATAII/I mode as RalfG suggested. I didn't say they didn't have jumpers, I said they don't have master/slave jumpers. -- ---- Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 Help Us Help You http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm "technomann" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:7a83e454eee840417c0cc7bbf5eb5c94@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > I was laboring under the impression that SATA drives had no Master/Slave > jumper settings. In fact, my brand new Seagate 250 GB Notebook Hard > Drive did NOT come with any jumpers. But, lo and behold, after shutting > down the laptop and removing the 2nd HD once again, I discovered some > "prongs" on the back of the 2.5" SATA drive that looked suspiciously > like jumper settings. After going to several local computer stores I was > able to find a small jumper which was graciously given to me by the Geek > Squad at Best Buy. Using my trusty tweezers I inserted the jumper into > the back of the SATA, re-installed it and powered up the laptop. To my > utter amazement my 2nd HD was now showing up in Disk Management and > Explorer as well. > > Who said SATA drives don't have any jumper settings? > > > -- > technomann |
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01-17-2009
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| Vista Home Premium 32bit | Re: Vista Will NOT Recognize 2nd SATA Hard Drive! Thank you for your help. The 2nd HD is working fine. However, now the Mat****a DVD-RAM UJ-851S ATA Device has disappeared from Explorer, Drive Manager, and Device Manager. Does anyone have a clue as to the cause and how to restore? I can't find the driver for this DVD drive anywhere in the neet so far... |
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