Hi all.
I usually am pretty ok with computers and dont ask for help, however my current problem has left me somewhat baffled.
I ordered an install of a new motherboard not long ago, and had 2 hdd's at the time.
One with a regular connection, one with SATA connection.
I wasnt the one doing the installation of the new motherboard, but sent the computer to a shop.
Once I got it back, it was updated with a new version of windows xp pro and had no problems whatsoever.
Soon after, I decided to reinstall windows to an older version, since I never liked windows xp SP2, It isnt really required.
I booted up my computer with a windows installation cd in my cd rom, and everything was ok untill I got to choosing on which drive I want to install the windows on: Only one was present, and it was the regular connection one.
I didnt think much of it at that moment and installed the windows on that hdd.
Once it came up after installing, the computer simply wasnt reading my second hdd.
I figured that it could be because I installed an older version of windows and something might have gone wrong with it being able to read SATA connections, but it seemed strange since the BIOS wasnt able to read that hdd aswell.
Well, I ignored the problem for a while thinking that maybe if i can update my BIOS to read SATA or something of the sort it could be ok, but i then bought a DVD burner with SATA connections and it could read the burner with no problem, that immediately eliminated my suspicion of the bios\windows not being able to read SATA connections for some reason. Because it WAS able to read sata connections, because it managed to read my DVD burner.
So here I was left, scouring the internet for an answer or maybe something similar to an answer, however nothing really helped me. The connections are fine, i checked and rechecked and double recheked them every time i tried to boot up my computer. I even formatted several times my C drive, the only one which my computer could read, but to no avail.
I now come to you, asking for assistance.
Would anyone here be familiar with such a problem?
Thanks in advance
I usually am pretty ok with computers and dont ask for help, however my current problem has left me somewhat baffled.
I ordered an install of a new motherboard not long ago, and had 2 hdd's at the time.
One with a regular connection, one with SATA connection.
I wasnt the one doing the installation of the new motherboard, but sent the computer to a shop.
Once I got it back, it was updated with a new version of windows xp pro and had no problems whatsoever.
Soon after, I decided to reinstall windows to an older version, since I never liked windows xp SP2, It isnt really required.
I booted up my computer with a windows installation cd in my cd rom, and everything was ok untill I got to choosing on which drive I want to install the windows on: Only one was present, and it was the regular connection one.
I didnt think much of it at that moment and installed the windows on that hdd.
Once it came up after installing, the computer simply wasnt reading my second hdd.
I figured that it could be because I installed an older version of windows and something might have gone wrong with it being able to read SATA connections, but it seemed strange since the BIOS wasnt able to read that hdd aswell.
Well, I ignored the problem for a while thinking that maybe if i can update my BIOS to read SATA or something of the sort it could be ok, but i then bought a DVD burner with SATA connections and it could read the burner with no problem, that immediately eliminated my suspicion of the bios\windows not being able to read SATA connections for some reason. Because it WAS able to read sata connections, because it managed to read my DVD burner.
So here I was left, scouring the internet for an answer or maybe something similar to an answer, however nothing really helped me. The connections are fine, i checked and rechecked and double recheked them every time i tried to boot up my computer. I even formatted several times my C drive, the only one which my computer could read, but to no avail.
I now come to you, asking for assistance.
Would anyone here be familiar with such a problem?
Thanks in advance
