SATA/IDE conflict - XP will not boot

[Bardella]

I have upgraded my pc, but need to transfer my existing hdd (IDE) to the new one (SATA).
Motherboard in question is ASUS P5RD1-V Deluxe.

There seems to be an issue with the hdd booting into windows XP.
I have tried just one IDE that I know works in another PC. It gets to the screen :
start windows in :
safe mode
safe mode with command prompt
start windows normally....etc

whichever option you select, it just reboots and goes back to the same screen again.

I installed windows (a new install) onto the new SATA hdd, that booted fine.
I then installed the IDE as a slave device and booted as normal from the SATA - windows booted OK, and it saw the IDE in "My computer".

I have adjusted the BIOS settings to account for whichever device is the boot device

I have a feeling it is something to do with the motherboard settings ?
Any help appreciated.

Regards

 

[greenflash]

i had a similar problem like u have

I have 2 SATA disks and one IDE disk..

I set the options for IDE devices like

Disk as a primary master

CDRom as primary slave

and DVDRW as secondary master

You can set these with jumper settings you can find help for these settings on your IDE device

 

[nimd4]

I installed windows (a new install) onto the new SATA hdd, that booted fine. I then installed the IDE as a slave device and booted as normal from the SATA - windows booted OK, and it saw the IDE in "My computer".

So what's the problem .. just taking 5 minutes longer to word your questions might save lots of people time for reading them ..

 

[greenflash]

most of new Mobo's provides SATA feature but SATA vs IDE disks still been a question in my mind

 

[Tedster]

in general, don't mix SATA and IDE, you'll wind up with conflicts.

use one or the other.