Won't recognize hard drive.

rnvilla · 02-06-2008, 07:49 PM

I got a used motherboard from my brother. It had a SATA hard drive on it. The HD was wiped clean using Webroot Window Washer (Webroot System Eraser). It has an IDE hard drive on it now. When I try to install a new SATA hard drive and clone the existing IDE hard drive, I get a message saying it needs two hard drives to continue. I have tried to check BIOs and can't see anything wrong. Please take into consideration that I'm not computer smart. I'm doing all this trying to learn. I could take it to a computer shop but that would not really teach me anything. Thanks for any help.

imsati · 02-06-2008, 07:52 PM

Oftentimes on MoBo's you'll need to enable a setting to allow it to detect both IDE and SATA drives. What model is your Motherboard?

rnvilla · 02-06-2008, 08:04 PM

Motherboard is an ASUS P4P800. I cloned a SATA hard drive from that same hard drive/motherboard b-4 and did not have any trouble. Could erasing the other hard drive have changed or deleted something?

02-06-2008, 07:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
rnvilla New Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Georgia, USA Age: 52 Posts: 6	Won't recognize hard drive. I got a used motherboard from my brother. It had a SATA hard drive on it. The HD was wiped clean using Webroot Window Washer (Webroot System Eraser). It has an IDE hard drive on it now. When I try to install a new SATA hard drive and clone the existing IDE hard drive, I get a message saying it needs two hard drives to continue. I have tried to check BIOs and can't see anything wrong. Please take into consideration that I'm not computer smart. I'm doing all this trying to learn. I could take it to a computer shop but that would not really teach me anything. Thanks for any help.

02-06-2008, 07:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
imsati Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: EHT, NJ Posts: 2,764	Oftentimes on MoBo's you'll need to enable a setting to allow it to detect both IDE and SATA drives. What model is your Motherboard? __________________ --Jay Gigabyte EP31-DS3L \| E4500 \| Masscool HSF paired with AS-5 Dual 81920 MB SATA \| e-GeForce 7100 GS \| CM Elite 330 (gorgeous!) Triple Boot: Ubuntu 7.10/XP Home/Kubuntu 7.10 Uninstalling USB drivers will TRASH your Windows Install :) http://www.computerforum.com/114761-...tml#post922619 Drugs don't make us stupid; PC_eye makes us stupid http://www.computerforum.com/136083-boot-loader.html

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02-06-2008, 08:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
rnvilla New Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Georgia, USA Age: 52 Posts: 6	Motherboard is an ASUS P4P800. I cloned a SATA hard drive from that same hard drive/motherboard b-4 and did not have any trouble. Could erasing the other hard drive have changed or deleted something?