hard drive help

kev1961 · 12-28-2007, 07:48 AM

im running vista , and i have 1 sata drive and 1 ide drive
the problem is when i boot the computer up i some times get my 2nd (ide) drive show and some times i dont other times it just disapears off my computer with no warning when it was oin there 5 mins ago
also some times the computer it wont boot and i have to go into bios to set my 2nd (ide) drive as second drive because it changes to 1st boot
and thoughts
kev

dai · 12-28-2007, 10:15 AM

check the data cable on the drive is secure

~~Monty Python~~ · 12-28-2007, 02:08 PM

Do you use a removable drive, like an external USB drive or camera ? Sometimes they conflict with existing HD's and cause problems.

kev1961 · 12-29-2007, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by kev1961

im running vista , and i have 1 sata drive and 1 ide drive
the problem is when i boot the computer up i some times get my 2nd (ide) drive show and some times i dont other times it just disapears off my computer with no warning when it was oin there 5 mins ago
also some times the computer it wont boot and i have to go into bios to set my 2nd (ide) drive as second drive because it changes to 1st boot
and thoughts
kev

its an internal drive not external

dai · 12-29-2007, 09:28 AM

it may be a faulty cable

~~Monty Python~~ · 12-29-2007, 06:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monty Python

Do you use a removable drive, like an external USB drive or camera ? Sometimes they conflict with existing HD's and cause problems.

Quote:

its an internal drive not external

Do you use a camera ? USB thumb drive ?

12-28-2007, 07:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
kev1961 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 9 OS: vista	hard drive help im running vista , and i have 1 sata drive and 1 ide drive the problem is when i boot the computer up i some times get my 2nd (ide) drive show and some times i dont other times it just disapears off my computer with no warning when it was oin there 5 mins ago also some times the computer it wont boot and i have to go into bios to set my 2nd (ide) drive as second drive because it changes to 1st boot and thoughts kev

12-28-2007, 10:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,702 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: hard drive help check the data cable on the drive is secure __________________

12-28-2007, 02:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
~~Monty Python~~ Troubled Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 462 OS: Vista 32-bit Ultimate	Re: hard drive help Do you use a removable drive, like an external USB drive or camera ? Sometimes they conflict with existing HD's and cause problems.

12-29-2007, 09:28 AM	#5 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,702 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: hard drive help it may be a faulty cable __________________