Brendan Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 Hi everyone, another newbie here.I've been searching around the forum, but haven't really found a solution to my problem. Hopefully you guys and gals can help me out.I recently built a new computer, which is up and running with no problems. I would like to transfer a hard drive from my old computer to the new one, but I can't get the new computer to recognize it. The drive is still working (it works perfectly in the old pc) but the new computer won't recognize it at all. It won't even show up in BIOS.I've checked the cable connections and everything is good, so I know that's not the problem. Are there some drivers I need to download and install to get the drive working? maybe a BIOS update? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 Is the Drive an IDE drive, and if so what have you got the jumper set to?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted September 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 Yes the drive is IDE. I have it set as a slave drive, as that's what it was in the old pc.I checked the master drive, and the jumper is set properly on that one too, so I don't think that's the problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 This may be a silly question but is the molex connector fully pushed in.as it seems strange it does not show in the BIOS which suggests a power issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted September 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 Yes, I've been checking the connectors to make sure everything is secure.I'll try using different connectors. Perhaps the one in there right now isn't working for some reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted September 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 Well, after messing with connectors I haven't gotten anything different than before.It's odd because when I have the drive hooked up, the computer takes a lot longer to boot up and get to my desktop. I'm not quite sure what that means exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 Can you list the specifications of the computer, and what make and wattage is your PSU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted September 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 The motherboard is an intel D945GCCR with a Pentium D 805 and 2G's of ramBoth HDD's are Maxtor. The newer is a 200G while the drive coming from the old pc is a 160Gthe power supply is 550W and made by "Power Up!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 What is on the disk?Is the disk seen in disk management (in Computer management)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted September 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 the disk has about 80 gigs of games, photos, and other programs.The drive doesn't show up in anything. I can't see it in BIOS or in disk management. It's like the drive isn't even plugged in, but I'm positive that it is. I've checked the connections a dozen times now.Thank you all for helping so far, I really appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 So, it's an IDE drive connected to the middle connector of the 80 wire IDE cable (grey colour), the blue connector is plugged into the motherboard and the Master drive connected by the black plug, yes? Despite what some people think, it does matter which way round an IDE cable is connected and even more so, an 80 wire (EIDE) version.Also you are certain the jumpers are definitely correctly set. It can sometimes be confusing when the label on a drive is the wrong way round to where to need you use it i.e. you read it with the parts you're reading about facing away from you so it is easy to become confused - I know, I've done it.Then there is just the possibility of a faulty cable - which is about the only thing left that it could be if everything else proves to be OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 I have just had a look at your motherboard, and it only has one IDE connector on the motherboard.Are you disconnecting a CD or DVD drive to hook up your other hard drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 I have just had a look at your motherboard, and it only has one IDE connector on the motherboard.How very unusual!Looks like you're expected to use SATA hard drives with the IDE reserved for other things (optical drives).Does explain to a large extent the reason of the "non-see". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted September 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 Well, the problem has been solved! I'm not 100% sure what I did to get it working, but it's up and running wonderfully.I have just had a look at your motherboard, and it only has one IDE connector on the motherboard.Are you disconnecting a CD or DVD drive to hook up your other hard drive.Yes, I had been working on this without the CD drive in the pc. It was quite an odd situation. I bought the pc as a barebone kit from tigerdirect, who I've never had anything but exceptional service from. when I put the thing together I realized that the motherboard only had one IDE connector and four SATA connectors, which is really odd since the kit comes with an IDE drive.I'll be looking to get an adapter now so I can put the disk drives through through the SATA connectors, unless there's a simpler way to go about it.Thank you all for posting so quickly, I really appreciate all the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 How about ?http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...4&CatId=508and use it for your optical drives (non-RAID)(first reviewer had the same problem as you :)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 I had a similar problem, only one IDE connector on the motherboard ( this is becoming common now as there are SATA hard drives and optical drives.)I just got a PCI/IDE card from E-Bay, it only cost a fiver and problem solved.Glad it is now sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted September 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Awesome, that's just what I needed!Thanks again for the help you guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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