Harddrive or BIOS problem?

Filmmaker42 · 01-06-2008, 04:36 PM

What a great forum! This is my first post and I have either a harddrive or BIOS problem…I think. First, here’s my computer set up:

OPERATING SYSTEM:
 Windows XP

MOTHERBOARD:
 Asus – P4P800 Deluxe - Motherboard bios Revision 08009 (Asus Utility Ver. 1.12)

VGA CARD:

 Model – Matrox Millenium P650 - VGA Card Driver 1.5.0.107

CPU:

 Intell Pent 4 Speed 3.0 Ghz - 800MHZ - 512 cache

MEMORY:

 Vendor - Kingston 4 GB DDR 400

HARDDRIVE:

 Western Digital (2) 160GB for F: drive - 80 GB for C: drive

 ADDED 2007 (2) WD 500 GB drives – Cavalry 500 GB & WD 750GB (all external drives)

AUDIO CARD:

 M-Audio PCI Digital Audio Card Audiophile 2496

When I built the computer in 2004, for video editing, I added the 80GB drive as my C: drive and combined the two 160 drives as my working F: drive. Recently, I up-graded to the new Adobe CS3 Production Premium Editing Suite and that filled the remaining space on my C: drive.

So, I decided I would transfer the C: drive files to the larger F: drive and purchase another internal drive for more storage space. I have yet to transfer the C: drive files, but I did purchase the new harddrive (WD HDD 3.5 500G 7200RPM SATA2 WD5000AAKS.) After installing it I rebooted the computer and looked for the new harddrive in My Computer. It was not there. The drive was obviously running because, it was warm to the touch.

I bought the new drive as an OEM so nothing came with it information-wise, other than it will NOT work in a RAID configuration. Fortunately, I had the necessary SATA cables to attach the new drive to the Asus motherboard. Of course, my old drives are PATA with the ribbon cable. So, I now have two different kinds of drives on the same system.

After much research (most of it on your forum which I just discovered) I came to the conclusion I must do something in the BIOS. Originally, I think I set up the harddrives as a RAID O-1, but I’m not sure because that was a bit confusing at the time. However, the computer has worked fine up till now.

I have two questions:

 What must I do to recognize the new drive?

 AND, once I find the drive, what is the BEST method of transferring those all important operating files FROM my C: drive TO another drive. I have a lot of editing projects on this computer and I do not want to mess it up!

Thank you very much.

Wendall

01-06-2008, 04:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Filmmaker42 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 35 OS: Windows XP	Harddrive or BIOS problem? What a great forum! This is my first post and I have either a harddrive or BIOS problem…I think. First, here’s my computer set up: OPERATING SYSTEM:  Windows XP MOTHERBOARD:  Asus – P4P800 Deluxe - Motherboard bios Revision 08009 (Asus Utility Ver. 1.12) VGA CARD:  Model – Matrox Millenium P650 - VGA Card Driver 1.5.0.107 CPU:  Intell Pent 4 Speed 3.0 Ghz - 800MHZ - 512 cache MEMORY:  Vendor - Kingston 4 GB DDR 400 HARDDRIVE:  Western Digital (2) 160GB for F: drive - 80 GB for C: drive  ADDED 2007 (2) WD 500 GB drives – Cavalry 500 GB & WD 750GB (all external drives) AUDIO CARD:  M-Audio PCI Digital Audio Card Audiophile 2496 When I built the computer in 2004, for video editing, I added the 80GB drive as my C: drive and combined the two 160 drives as my working F: drive. Recently, I up-graded to the new Adobe CS3 Production Premium Editing Suite and that filled the remaining space on my C: drive. So, I decided I would transfer the C: drive files to the larger F: drive and purchase another internal drive for more storage space. I have yet to transfer the C: drive files, but I did purchase the new harddrive (WD HDD 3.5 500G 7200RPM SATA2 WD5000AAKS.) After installing it I rebooted the computer and looked for the new harddrive in My Computer. It was not there. The drive was obviously running because, it was warm to the touch. I bought the new drive as an OEM so nothing came with it information-wise, other than it will NOT work in a RAID configuration. Fortunately, I had the necessary SATA cables to attach the new drive to the Asus motherboard. Of course, my old drives are PATA with the ribbon cable. So, I now have two different kinds of drives on the same system. After much research (most of it on your forum which I just discovered) I came to the conclusion I must do something in the BIOS. Originally, I think I set up the harddrives as a RAID O-1, but I’m not sure because that was a bit confusing at the time. However, the computer has worked fine up till now. I have two questions:  What must I do to recognize the new drive?  AND, once I find the drive, what is the BEST method of transferring those all important operating files FROM my C: drive TO another drive. I have a lot of editing projects on this computer and I do not want to mess it up! Thank you very much. Wendall