fixed thanks

[lesch2k]

edit: firxed via jumper settings. doh.

i purchased a new SATA drive, to replace to IDE hard drives (4 year old system, that i will be upgarding)

at first i had posted here asking how to convert IDE to SATA but then i realized a much better solution would be to just use the SATA connector on my motherboard for this drive.

Now i have a probelm with my machine not recognizing one of my old hard drives.

I first copied my old system disk (IDE) onto a partition on my new SATA drive and this works. I now have my old ide data drive connected as a slave but it is not recognized.

What should i do to get my system to regognize this second hard drive.

I want my SATA drive as the primary, and it is currently seen as primary in the boot list and windows starts up to this drive because it includes the C drive.

i have a D partiion on a 2nd hard drive that isnt recognized.

okay, that was poorly worded but i dont really know what to ask / thanks for the help.

is it possible that i'm maxing out my power supply - how would i check that? i started with a DELL Dimmension 8300 but upgraded the RAM, Video vard, added a 2nd optical drive and 2nd hard drive... does SATA take a lot more power?

jake

 

[nickbits]

Your link doesn't work but I'd get a SATA controller card like:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16815124022

 

[RebateMonger]

I've added SATA drives, both as boot drives and as secondary drives, to older motherboards using PCI SATA controller cards.

 

[corkyg]

Get a PCI SATA Controller Card - your worries are over.

 

[lesch2k]

thanks for those answer so far, i've revised the question.

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: lesch2k
thanks for those answer so far, i've revised the question.

Is the "new" IDE drive seen in the BIOS? Is it seen in "Disk Management" in Windows? Has it been initialized, partitioned, and formatted? Normally, if it'd already been in a PC, the answer to the last question would already be "yes".

If there's a second hard drive bay in the PC, it's pretty likely there's enough power to handle a second hard drive. They use only a few watts.

 

[Lunyone]

Here's possibly a stupid question, but did you hook up your old IDE HD onto the secondary IDE cable that hooks up to your mobo? If so, than you'll more than likely need to move the jumper on the back of the HD to the "Slave" setting. Originally if you had the HD hooked up to the primary part of the cable, you would've had the jumper on the primary setting, but if you changed that than you'll need to make the necessary adjustments. Again, I don't know if this is the situation, but something to double check.