Disabled HD in BIOS Help

Dynex20 · 01-05-2008, 11:41 AM

Hi
My name is Elio, OK I recently bought a new computer, but the problem was that it came with wonderful Vista, so I added my old HD from the other computer... everything was working fine, the other day I got tired of automatically booting on XP and tried to change it to Vista, I tried setting the priority but that didnt work so I ended up disabling the other HD, thinking I would be able to choose later on whether to boot from it or not. Now my HD wont show ANYWHERE in the BIOS setup so I cant activate it... (note that when I'm in Vista the HD shows up in My Computer and I can access it and it says its working fine.)
Any help would be greatly apprecitated.

Dynex20 · 01-16-2008, 11:10 PM

*bump*

Tumbleweed36 · 01-17-2008, 09:40 AM

Shut down, Unplug the drive, then set your bios setup menu to defaults. Then plug the drive back in and when you boot, it should find the drive fine. Then, go to the Boot menu and set the hard drive priority for what you want.

Dynex20 · 01-23-2008, 11:15 AM

Thanks for the reply and sorry for taking so long been doing a lil overtime at work... well i tried and it works but now it wont show in my computer when i boot on vista.... i have a boot loader dont know if maybe thats the problem anyways this is no of major concern if there would be a way to fix it'll be helpful but not necessary.
Thanks for previous problem though, no one knew how to fix it.

Tumbleweed36 · 01-23-2008, 05:02 PM

Glad you got it going and happy to help.

I don't know why it doesn't show now, but the boot loader may be part of that issue you are talking about. I will look around and see what I might find out when I have a little time.

**Deleted090308** · 01-23-2008, 05:07 PM

Hi,
Sorry to intrude:
Can you see the drive in Disk management?

Tumbleweed36 · 01-23-2008, 05:34 PM

eneles, you are never intruding, we need to get this guy going and have his rig work to perfection. Feel free to help in any thread that I am posting in at any time. Two heads are always better than one.

Dynex20 · 01-24-2008, 02:52 AM

well like i said sorry for the late reply but i work till late lol... well if the device manager is what your talking bout then it is there and it says is working fine.... dont know if you were referring to something else...

**Deleted090308** · 01-24-2008, 08:39 AM

So you can see the drive in Device manager.
Then you can, most likely, see it in Disk management as well.
(Start > Settings > Control panel > Administrative tools > Computer management > Disk management.)

If so, please follow the steps in this article: http://www.techsupportforum.com/cont...icles/149.html

01-05-2008, 11:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dynex20 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Vista + Xp SP2	Disabled HD in BIOS Help Hi My name is Elio, OK I recently bought a new computer, but the problem was that it came with wonderful Vista, so I added my old HD from the other computer... everything was working fine, the other day I got tired of automatically booting on XP and tried to change it to Vista, I tried setting the priority but that didnt work so I ended up disabling the other HD, thinking I would be able to choose later on whether to boot from it or not. Now my HD wont show ANYWHERE in the BIOS setup so I cant activate it... (note that when I'm in Vista the HD shows up in My Computer and I can access it and it says its working fine.) Any help would be greatly apprecitated.

01-16-2008, 11:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dynex20 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Vista + Xp SP2	Re: Disabled HD in BIOS Help bump

01-17-2008, 09:40 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,486 OS: XP Professional	Re: Disabled HD in BIOS Help Shut down, Unplug the drive, then set your bios setup menu to defaults. Then plug the drive back in and when you boot, it should find the drive fine. Then, go to the Boot menu and set the hard drive priority for what you want. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.

01-23-2008, 11:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
Dynex20 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Vista + Xp SP2	Re: Disabled HD in BIOS Help Thanks for the reply and sorry for taking so long been doing a lil overtime at work... well i tried and it works but now it wont show in my computer when i boot on vista.... i have a boot loader dont know if maybe thats the problem anyways this is no of major concern if there would be a way to fix it'll be helpful but not necessary. Thanks for previous problem though, no one knew how to fix it.

01-23-2008, 05:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,486 OS: XP Professional	Re: Disabled HD in BIOS Help Glad you got it going and happy to help. I don't know why it doesn't show now, but the boot loader may be part of that issue you are talking about. I will look around and see what I might find out when I have a little time. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.

01-23-2008, 05:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Disabled HD in BIOS Help Hi, Sorry to intrude: Can you see the drive in Disk management?

01-23-2008, 05:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,486 OS: XP Professional	Re: Disabled HD in BIOS Help eneles, you are never intruding, we need to get this guy going and have his rig work to perfection. Feel free to help in any thread that I am posting in at any time. Two heads are always better than one. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.

01-24-2008, 02:52 AM	#8 (permalink)
Dynex20 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Vista + Xp SP2	Re: Disabled HD in BIOS Help well like i said sorry for the late reply but i work till late lol... well if the device manager is what your talking bout then it is there and it says is working fine.... dont know if you were referring to something else...

01-24-2008, 08:39 AM	#9 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Disabled HD in BIOS Help So you can see the drive in Device manager. Then you can, most likely, see it in Disk management as well. (Start > Settings > Control panel > Administrative tools > Computer management > Disk management.) If so, please follow the steps in this article: http://www.techsupportforum.com/cont...icles/149.html