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Problem with IDE drive in SATA computer

  • 13-01-2007 3:12pm
    #1
    Johnny Storm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,992 ✭✭✭


    I have a PC with an ASUS K8V motherboard. It has been running fine with two SATA disks. Recently I came into possession of an IDE disk. When I added it into the PC the boot-up process gets as far as recognising the IDE drive and says " Ultra DMA mode 5, SMART capable and status OK". Then the boot process seems to stop. It doesn't matter if I connect the drive as Slave or Master, secondary or primary. If I press "del" to get into the BIOS set up the it says "entering setup" but nothing happens.

    This IDE drive was previously in a Sky plus box.

    Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.


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  • #2
    Johnny Storm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,992 ✭✭✭Johnny Storm


    Just for the record, I got this sorted. I "hot-plugged" in the drive after the PC was booted (not recommended ;) ). Then I tried to format the drive using XP and even from the DOS box. Very time-consuming but no luck. Finally I downloaded DiskWizard from the Seagate site and it very quickly was able to delete some pre-existing Sky + partition which Windows could not see and format the drive. Result!:D


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