HDD Not Recognized

gunnora · 01-16-2006, 09:41 AM

We've built up a box with an ABIT BX6v2 motherboard, two CD-ROM drives, and two HDD, one 40GB and I'm not sure how big the second HDD is - both are Maxtor.

All drives are jumpered to cable-select. The two CD drives are on one IDE plug, the two HDD on the other. The C:\ HDD is intended to be the 40GB.

When everything was installed, we set the BIOS to boot order: C, then CD-ROM
Next popped in the WinXP install CD, and turned it on. Boot ran off the CD, came up and allowed us to format the 40GB drive and partition it, and the XP installer sees it as C:\. WinXP then copied over its install files and rebooted.
Apparently the HDD are not being detected. No matter what boot order I define in the BIOS, it appears to go straight to the CD.
I tried removing the CD-ROM from the drive and rebooting, then it fails and asks for a system disk.

I'm not sure what to try next in diagnosing/correcting the problem. I'd very much appreciate any ideas or suggestions.

Many thanks!

--Christie

dai · 01-16-2006, 01:04 PM

can you see the drives listed in the bios
http://freepctech.com/pc/001/install..._devices.shtml

**keymaker** · 01-17-2006, 11:10 PM

hmm....try changing the drive jumper to master and see if that helps at all.

0S1R1S · 01-18-2006, 08:08 AM

Yeah, I would suggest setting one to Master, and the other to Slave or leaving it Cable Select.

01-16-2006, 09:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
gunnora Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 2 OS: WinXP	HDD Not Recognized We've built up a box with an ABIT BX6v2 motherboard, two CD-ROM drives, and two HDD, one 40GB and I'm not sure how big the second HDD is - both are Maxtor. All drives are jumpered to cable-select. The two CD drives are on one IDE plug, the two HDD on the other. The C:\ HDD is intended to be the 40GB. When everything was installed, we set the BIOS to boot order: C, then CD-ROM Next popped in the WinXP install CD, and turned it on. Boot ran off the CD, came up and allowed us to format the 40GB drive and partition it, and the XP installer sees it as C:\. WinXP then copied over its install files and rebooted. Apparently the HDD are not being detected. No matter what boot order I define in the BIOS, it appears to go straight to the CD. I tried removing the CD-ROM from the drive and rebooting, then it fails and asks for a system disk. I'm not sure what to try next in diagnosing/correcting the problem. I'd very much appreciate any ideas or suggestions. Many thanks! --Christie

01-16-2006, 01:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,539 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	can you see the drives listed in the bios http://freepctech.com/pc/001/install..._devices.shtml __________________

01-17-2006, 11:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
keymaker Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,154 OS: windows xp	hmm....try changing the drive jumper to master and see if that helps at all. __________________ AVG Spybot SpywareBlaster Adware CCleaner Diskeeper ZoneAlarm

01-18-2006, 08:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
0S1R1S Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 122 OS: XP Pro / 2000 Server	Yeah, I would suggest setting one to Master, and the other to Slave or leaving it Cable Select. __________________ Smith & Wesson — The original point and click interface.