steps installing 2nd SATA hard drive
I have one SATA installed as my main drive. It is the boot drive, Windows XP, two partitions.
I'd like to install a second for backup. It contains data that I'd like to keep so I want to avoid reformatting it. It also contains an old XP installation that I will delete once I have access to it.
The HD is mounted but I have not plugged in either cable yet.
For example, will I need to go into the bios during bootup to enable the disk?
Thank you.
I'd like to install a second for backup. It contains data that I'd like to keep so I want to avoid reformatting it. It also contains an old XP installation that I will delete once I have access to it.
The HD is mounted but I have not plugged in either cable yet.
For example, will I need to go into the bios during bootup to enable the disk?
Thank you.
Most BIOSs are set to auto detect . Windows should automatically detect the drive since the sata driver is already installed.
You should not need to go into disk management at all since the drive is already formatted.
If the drive is NTFS, you may need to push security or ownership through the drive to gain access to the files.
Hope that helps
You should not need to go into disk management at all since the drive is already formatted.
If the drive is NTFS, you may need to push security or ownership through the drive to gain access to the files.
Hope that helps
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thanks, I'm on it. btw--the MB is ASUS P5G41-M
One advice: Enter bios and check hard disk boot priority to make sure the system will boot from the right HDD.
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with power off, I connected the 2nd drive and powered on.
entered BIOS and the drive is shown at "SATA2".
changed nothing in bios and saved/exit.
Window XP splash screen for 5-10 seconds.
then screen goes black and nothing happens....???
when I unplug the HD, the boot sequence runs correctly.
fwiw--the boot sequence is 1st CD ROM, 2nd first HD, 3rd [blank].
entered BIOS and the drive is shown at "SATA2".
changed nothing in bios and saved/exit.
Window XP splash screen for 5-10 seconds.
then screen goes black and nothing happens....???
when I unplug the HD, the boot sequence runs correctly.
fwiw--the boot sequence is 1st CD ROM, 2nd first HD, 3rd [blank].
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I tried several things.
the 2nd HD is accessible when I attach a USB "interface" and run it into a USB port and booting up is normal.
when cabled to the MB, the boot stops at black screen. if I let that sit for a while (5 minutes) windows continues to open but very slowly--the time to desktop is 20 minutes!
if I interupt boot and go to Setup, in boot device priority I see:
1st [CDROM: PM NEC DVD] (as before)
2nd [SATA: 3m-wdc wd5000] (as before)
3rd [Removable Dev] (I don't know what this is)
In the in the right hand column is "A device enclosed in parenthesis has been disabled in the corresponding type menu."
When I select any of those three devices and hit enter, I get this message box:
Options
Removable Dev.
SATA : 3m-wdc wd5000aaks-00v1a0
CDROM: PM-_NEC dvd_rw nd-3520a.
Disabled
I changed the SATA cable as well.
No change. I'm going to declare the HD dead or MIA and move on. That is Pber's lightly held hypothesis but I'm going with it.
Thanks for all the help.
the 2nd HD is accessible when I attach a USB "interface" and run it into a USB port and booting up is normal.
when cabled to the MB, the boot stops at black screen. if I let that sit for a while (5 minutes) windows continues to open but very slowly--the time to desktop is 20 minutes!
if I interupt boot and go to Setup, in boot device priority I see:
1st [CDROM: PM NEC DVD] (as before)
2nd [SATA: 3m-wdc wd5000] (as before)
3rd [Removable Dev] (I don't know what this is)
In the in the right hand column is "A device enclosed in parenthesis has been disabled in the corresponding type menu."
When I select any of those three devices and hit enter, I get this message box:
Options
Removable Dev.
SATA : 3m-wdc wd5000aaks-00v1a0
CDROM: PM-_NEC dvd_rw nd-3520a.
Disabled
I changed the SATA cable as well.
No change. I'm going to declare the HD dead or MIA and move on. That is Pber's lightly held hypothesis but I'm going with it.
Thanks for all the help.
Normally, if the drive is connected on the secondary sata controller from the MOBO, then just go in your bios to see if it is showing the drive over there and then boot normally, once in windows xp, go to disk management and delete / format / partition from there
If you are connecting it on the same controller as your primary hard drive, then it will be primary slave
if you are connecting it on the secondary sata connection from your mobo to the drive, then it will be secondary master or secondary slave.
Hope this helps
step - 1 , connect the disk, controller and power cable
step -2 switch the pc on, go into bios, check where you are disk settings are and it will show you the disk on the secondary controller or primary depending how you ahve connecte dit.