Dead HDD?

turt2 · 10-23-2009, 08:51 PM

Hey all,

I have a SATA HDD as a main hard drive and i tried adding a second IDE drive to install windows on it, the problem is, The BIOS registers it as there, but once i get to 'My computer' and stuff, it goes missing, i can't access it via ISO's or entering direct drive letters, any help would be appreciated.

Tumbleweed36 · 10-23-2009, 08:59 PM

Unplug the Sata drive, then insert your windows disk, partition and format it and away it should load the OS on there. Then, when done, go to the bios in the Hard Drive Priority area and set the one you want to boot from as the drive at the top of the list.

Note: You should be able to do that without unplugging if you set that as the drive to boot from first, but if it were mine, I would just unplug and do it if you can't get that to work.

10-23-2009, 08:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
turt2 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Windows Vista Home	Dead HDD? Hey all, I have a SATA HDD as a main hard drive and i tried adding a second IDE drive to install windows on it, the problem is, The BIOS registers it as there, but once i get to 'My computer' and stuff, it goes missing, i can't access it via ISO's or entering direct drive letters, any help would be appreciated.

10-23-2009, 08:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,638 OS: XP Professional	Re: Dead HDD? Unplug the Sata drive, then insert your windows disk, partition and format it and away it should load the OS on there. Then, when done, go to the bios in the Hard Drive Priority area and set the one you want to boot from as the drive at the top of the list. Note: You should be able to do that without unplugging if you set that as the drive to boot from first, but if it were mine, I would just unplug and do it if you can't get that to work. __________________ ---------- 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.