Newly attached HDDs dont show in Windows Vista

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postcd

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Hello,

i have an Icy HDD Dock bays in which i can attach de-attach HDDs at anytime.

But in Windows Vista, newly attached HDDs (when attached after WIndows bootup), they dont show in system even i go to Manage this computer, Storage, and select to search for new drives (i have it written in non english name, so im not sure how that option is named in english), then refresh.

So if HDDs are not attached before WIndows start, they dont show up. Maybe its old HDD. But can i please anyhow go around this so any HDD show up in windows, any manual work around?

thank you
 
How is the dock attached to the pc? In order for hot swapping to work i believe you need ahci mode. But that all depends on how dock is connected.
 
johnb35 said:
How is the dock attached to the pc? In order for hot swapping to work i believe you need ahci mode. But that all depends on how dock is connected.
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Its just a box for hdds, every HDD slot has two connectors from the back:
1) for sata data cable
2) for power cable
Im not using any raid controller card

Should i try to enable AHCI on my Vista Home? I found two tutorials on how to do it:
http://superuser.com/a/94417
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/61869-ahci-enable-windows-7-vista.html

Thx
 
Sorry for getting back to you late. How does the dock connect to the pc though? Is it by usb or sata port? If usb there is no way to assign ahci. Ahci is only for sata controllers on the motherboard.
 
johnb35 said:
How does the dock connect to the pc though? Is it by usb or sata port?
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SATA cables goes from box and connects to the motherboard..
I tried to enable AHCI in Bios.. in "Integrated peripherals" section is:
- Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl mode (Disabled/Ahci?)
- SATA RAID/AHCI mode (Disabled/Ahci/IDE)

i tried various combinations and it

A) booted, but HDD never show up when added after windows boot, even after went into windows drive manager and proceed with HDD search, and refresh.

B) showed something like AHCI bios and started booting without showing windows logo, but afte rlike 8 seconds of working from system drive, it resetted computer. (got impression that it is working with Windows, but got resetted)
 
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