I still have a problem, just to remind of my hardware,I have:
80GB Maxtor (got this with pc from dell contains boot drivers to start pc, This was sata 0, but I have now connected it to a external usb dock, & as far as I can tell device is detected as location 0)
250GB wdc (I bought this ages ago works as sata 1, with 80GB maxtor at sata 0, I don't think it has boot on it and needs to be paired with maxtor,I have moved this drive to sata 0 port internal as the OS is all working and lets me use internet), windows detects this now at location 1.
250GB hitachi (this the new one I am having trouble with, it is now inside PC at sata port 1, I had to use the external dock for maxtor so as I can have all 3 drives connected).
Now with these settings windows still does not detect the hitachi drive so it is not possible to do anything with it,(I managed to fix my floppy drive by the way while trying to fix hitachi problem, I came across floppy settings & found out that the drive was not enabled, it works now, but I still have the cd rom I made with drive fitness test on, which works but doesn't detect any drives even my own origional ones).
putting my system together this way is the best result as far as fixing this problem I can think of as it is the only way that everything works except the hitachi drive.
Now you have an idea how my system is put together, can you maybe advise why drive is not working, it is a brand new one.Thanks.
