Bios won't recognize hard drives

run4it · 01-18-2008, 09:34 AM

I just built a new computer and i wanted to keep my old 80 Gb ide hard drives from the old one. The new motherboard only has one ide port so i was forced to buy an pci ide expansion card to use my hard drives. because of cable length i cannot put my dvd drives on the expansion card so i'm forced to put my hard drives on it instead. but i cannot get the bios to recognize the hard drives. i'd like to install 32 bit xp to them and use 64 bit on my new sata drive. once in windows the ide drives are detected and fully functional. So how do i get my bios to recognize and boot from them so i can run a dual os?

Vipernitrox · 01-18-2008, 12:25 PM

booting from an ide/sata/scsi adapter is a big pain in the ass.
What mobo are you using?

01-18-2008, 09:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
run4it Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 21 Posts: 234	Bios won't recognize hard drives I just built a new computer and i wanted to keep my old 80 Gb ide hard drives from the old one. The new motherboard only has one ide port so i was forced to buy an pci ide expansion card to use my hard drives. because of cable length i cannot put my dvd drives on the expansion card so i'm forced to put my hard drives on it instead. but i cannot get the bios to recognize the hard drives. i'd like to install 32 bit xp to them and use 64 bit on my new sata drive. once in windows the ide drives are detected and fully functional. So how do i get my bios to recognize and boot from them so i can run a dual os? __________________ Intel Quad-Core Q6600 G0 2.4 GHz Kentsfield XFX nForce 680i SLI Socket 775 Motherboard XFX GeForce 8600GTS 256 MB PCI-E G.Skill 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 MHz 320 GB Seagate Sata, 2 x 80 GB WD Pata Hard Drives Xp Pro x32

01-18-2008, 12:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
Vipernitrox Platinum Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hilversum, NL Age: 20 Posts: 736	booting from an ide/sata/scsi adapter is a big pain in the ass. What mobo are you using? __________________ Samsung Syncmaster 226BW 22" @ 1680x1050 Antec P182 - 3 Nexus Real Silent 120mm Fans P5N-e Sli - Southbridge: Thermalright HR-05 C2D E6420 @ 3.4 Ghz - Scythe Infinity Cpu Cooler 4GB (4x1) Kingston DDR2 HyperX Memory @ 800mhz - 4-4-4-12 Sparkle 8800 GT Coolpipe 3 Passive Logitech X-540 5.1 Speaker Set 500gb & 1TB Samsung Sata HD's Ichbinleise 700 Watt Silent Psu Pics: 1 2 3 4

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