Ide-sata Hdd

[GM67]

Hi,

I just build a new PC mobo is S975XBX2 and processor is E6600 with Vista Home premium. I have a 320GB sata 2 HDD and SATA DVD writer connected to it.

But I have another 60GB IDE HDD from my old PC (I got this in 2003 I am not sure if this is 80 pin or 40 pin) I want to connect it to the new pc.

There is a IDE connector in that motherboard but when I connect the PC boots with old HDD. I had the jumper on my old HDD on CS.

Can any one help me with this? how do I connect the old HDD in the simplest possible way. Little wary of installing vista again read activation :( and flashing the bios...

Thanks!!

[odannyboy000]

Reconnect your IDE drive like before. Then before the system boots enter BIOS (Usually the 'delete' key). Then look for the order in which your system boots, and change it back to your sata drive.

[GM67]

I tried that keeping the SATA HDD as Master and IDE as Slave but the PC just doesn't boot up....Please help :confused:

[GM67]

The model number of old HDD is SV0602H ...Samsung HDD...is there a compatibility issue with S975XBX2 and Seagate SATA 2 HDD?

Please help...!!!!

[saphalline]

I tried that keeping the SATA HDD as Master and IDE as Slave but the PC just doesn't boot up....No no, you're thinking about this the wrong way.

First of all, there is no MASTER and SLAVE with SATA. Each SATA channel is independent and serves only one device. One hard drive, one SATA channel, one SATA connector, one SATA cable. Simplicity.

Second of all, it doesn't matter if the IDE hard drive is MASTER or SLAVE except as it pertains to that particular IDE channel. So if the IDE hard drive is the only device on its IDE chain, it must be set to MASTER!! The IDE channel will not function properly otherwise.

Third of all, odannyboy000 was specifically talking about the boot order specified in the BIOS. This is the part where you tell the system exactly which devices have what boot priority. Do you want the DVD drive to be the first bootable device? And your CD-RW drive to be second? How about your IDE hard drive as fourth, with your SATA hard drive as third? There's an entire menu sub-system for the boot order in modern mobo's. The old notion of defaulting to Primary Master died years ago.

[Paul Komski]

F2 during boot-up.

A bit repetitive I know but just go to the Boot tab in the setup settings and then configure the SATA to be the first hard drive in the boot order.

If its attempting to boot the IDE drive then it must be jumpered OK. All IDE drives are 40pin but some use 80wire cables (two wires per pin).

[GM67]

I checked the boot order and the old IDE drive is being taken first and the SATA drive as second. I tried changing it but nothing happens the boot order remains the same old first then new.....

My sata HDD has been conifugred to work as IDE...(assembler set it as IDE :mad: )

No If I change the type then vista would ask me for reactivation.... which I don't want ...

Can any one help me ...should I format the old HDD so that it is not a bootable device ...and then Vista from my new HDD would install??

Is there some way to change my new HDD from the current IDE configuration without reactivation?

Please help....Thank you all for responding.

[Paul Komski]

You shouldnt need to and it would not be advisable, without good reason, to change the SATA's IDE emulation status particularly since you are likely to encounter driver issues. The only common real reason to change it would be to configure a RAID array.

Having made the BIOS changes did you definitely and formally save the changes before exiting. This should work if done correctly since the SATA was booting OK previously.

Another way to boot the drive would be to install a boot manager. Try SBM (in my sig) on a floppy first to see if this is a feasible or useful option for you. If so then BiNG could be installed onto the actual IDE drive where it could be used to boot-up the SATA.

Both SBM and BiNG may boot the SATA directly but both might also need a swap option to be set so that the SATA becomes the effective first boot device (without changing any actual BIOS setup settings). Its a variable feast as to whether it needs setting or not and is dependent on how the conversation with the BIOS goes.

[GM67]

Paul...thanks for the reply...But the order of my HDD in the BIOS is still old HDD then new HDD.....when I select the new HDD and then press enter the order doesn't change.......

Do you know why the order would not change........Is it a problem with my Mobo driver or I need a Bios update?

Any help is appreciated......

Thanks....

[Paul Komski]

Is it a problem with my Mobo driver or I need a Bios update?You shouldnt need an upgrade but it would be a Bios related problem. Does the CMOS take any changes - such as changing the time by an hour or so?

If you press F10 during boot-up do you get a selective boot menu presented to you and can you choose the SATA from there?

And just remind for clarification that you can boot to the SATA when the IDE is not attached.

PS
If you are afraid about messing around and creating a Vista reactivation problem then consider making an image file of the working Vista installation that you can go back to if things do go belly-up. This is a good move in any case.