Let me preface by saying sorry if this is a stupid question and/or I do not provide enough information.
I have a Dell Precision 390 desktop that was running XP Pro until I switched it over to Windows 7 to test it out. I have two WD 160GB SATA drives inside of it. When I start the computer and go into the setup to look at what drives are enabled, it recognizes the two different drives. Once I boot into windows it does not recognize the second drive. I have tried switching the second drive to different ports to no avail. I used a new OS Install disc to see if it would show the drive in case it needed to be formatted and it still did not show the second drive. I can hear the drive spinning just fine. I have a Sabrent Cable Converter that I can plug into the USB Port to see if it shows up that way using Active Recovery Partition software if anyone thinks that might help.
Any ideas or thoughts would be much appreciative. The people at Dell told me to send the whole thing in. Let me know if you need anymore information.
Thanks!
I have a Dell Precision 390 desktop that was running XP Pro until I switched it over to Windows 7 to test it out. I have two WD 160GB SATA drives inside of it. When I start the computer and go into the setup to look at what drives are enabled, it recognizes the two different drives. Once I boot into windows it does not recognize the second drive. I have tried switching the second drive to different ports to no avail. I used a new OS Install disc to see if it would show the drive in case it needed to be formatted and it still did not show the second drive. I can hear the drive spinning just fine. I have a Sabrent Cable Converter that I can plug into the USB Port to see if it shows up that way using Active Recovery Partition software if anyone thinks that might help.
Any ideas or thoughts would be much appreciative. The people at Dell told me to send the whole thing in. Let me know if you need anymore information.
Thanks!