Connecting a IDE drive - fails to boot

[bloodline76]

I have recently changed over to a new case and swapped all my parts over but when I try and connect the IDE HD it fails to boot.

Now i was running a dual boot system with XP and Vista, do you think that this is the problem? Its the Vista one that fails to boot.

I have not changed any parts other than swapping over to a new case other than a DVD drive which was IDE and now is SATA.

I have tried to set the HD as both master and slave but neither worked.

Thanks

 

[Skeeter]

What do you mean by Fails to Boot?

Are you given the boot menu option and then when you select Vista it crashes/restarts/hangs? Or does it just not pick up the drive?

Try removing the SATA drive and booting up, could be that there arent any SATA drivers installed, although unlikely

 

[bloodline76]

What do you mean by Fails to Boot?

Are you given the boot menu option and then when you select Vista it crashes/restarts/hangs? Or does it just not pick up the drive?

Try removing the SATA drive and booting up, could be that there arent any SATA drivers installed, although unlikely

When i disconnect the IDE it runs fine as its picking up the other sata (which has xp on) but when I connect the IDE this gets to the POST screen where you can press F1 or delete to access bios. But it freezes there.

 

[rpstewart]

Make sure that the BIOS boot order doesn't change when you plug the IDE drive in (which should be set as master if it's the only device on the cable).

 

[Tyler Durden]

It does sound like a BIOS boot order issue.
Some BIOSes will list the drive order as well as the boot order - worth checking. Vista is picky that the drive is listed as a boot device.

As you are using a P35 board, you may have the Marvel IDE controller as I did - it seemed to prefer not using the drivers but sticking with the MS defaults for me on x64. Having a device attached with the "wrong" drivers does seem to impact boot and even POST - at least for me.