HELP!!! Problem installing a new SATA hard disk

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hi... I recently purchased a new SATA hard drive to run as a new bootable hard drive and I wanted to use the one that I already have, which is also a SATA, as a secondary hard drive. I don't know how to make it boot from the new hard drive. It keeps on booting from the old one. I already installed windows xp on the new one. It only boots from the new one when I disable the old hard drive but when I enable both of them....then the old one runs... any suggestions? I also went to system set up to rearrange the way the computer boots but I can't do it although it detects both hard drives. I know that there is no such thing as master/slave with SATAs

Roger1955 · Answer

In bios settings, whatever sata port the old drive is designated, change that to the new sata port. So if the old drive is 0, make the new drive 0.

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Message Edited by Roger1955 on 12-01-2007 06:35 AM

bodybrdng · Answer

What system do you have and what are the specs??

francisk0325 · Answer

It's an xps 400 I don't know much about the specs though.. would that help I will try switching to a new port but I think I've tried that before... the reason I switch to the new hard drive is because I was getting blue screens from my old one..to the point where I couldn't even get to windows. so, I bought this new hard drive so that I could use the old one as a secondary and save my old files..

ronss · Answer

in the boot sequence in the setup program,,can,t you change the 1st boot device...look at some of the other settings in the bios..might be a separate one for hard drives.

francisk0325 · Answer

by the way seems like both hard drives are detected because I can see them on system set up but when I go to the booting sequence part I only see one option.. It just says SATA Hard drive, the CD/DVD, USB...etc but it doesn't give the option to choose between the two hard drives...

francisk0325 · Answer

I set the new drive to SATA 0 and the old one to SATA 3 and It's still not working...I also run a diagnostic on my old hard drive but there ws nothing wrong with it. should I try buying a external USB SATA HDD enclosure? would that make it work?

ronss · Answer

if you old drive is no good,,just unhook the power cable and un-attach the sata cable on the motherboard.....i would just use the new drive,,unhook the old one..and try to install the operation system on it..you can allways hook the old one up later.

ronss · Answer

as the previous thread stated, see if there is a setting you your setup screen;;;;;;that is for 1st boot drive and make that your new sata drive... press f2 during post when you start your rig... check boot sequence, make the new drive #1.... also check to see that sata is enabled in the setup program.

Message Edited by ronss on 12-02-2007 01:30 AM

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