lost my sata harddrive

ethan · 1 Mar 2007 at 21:58

just managed to change from amd to intel core 2 duo without reformatting but have lost my sata harddrive. Only the primary ide is showing up. Does anybody have any ideas? thanks

Changed from amd 3200 in an epox 939 board to e6400 in the Asrock dual vsta. sata drive does not show up in bios either

rpstewart · 1 Mar 2007 at 22:06

Are the SATA ports enabled and configured to be in IDE mode in the BIOS?

ethan · 1 Mar 2007 at 22:13

rpstewart said:
Are the SATA ports enabled and configured to be in IDE mode in the BIOS?

That is a good question because I do not know. I better have a look. What should I be doing ...I know I sound like a fool but I am exhausted after having rebuilt this spec up etc

quantumisation · 1 Mar 2007 at 22:29

when the computer starts it'll say something like press DEL or F2 etc for setup. In there there should be an advanced options for your drives, you'll want to make sure they are set to autodetect for a start

ethan · 1 Mar 2007 at 22:40

Ah! I see! Anyway I sit's sorted now. I just shifted it to a seconfd port and its fine. Thanks for the advice though