Previously External Seagate HD's, Now mounted Internally via SATA, Not Showing up, Beeping During Bios.

sicksbeats

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Greetings and many thanks to anyone who takes the time out of their day to try and help me with this situation! First off let me give you my specs :

OS : Windows 7 X64 Bit Professional SP1 + Up to date on all other updates
Intel Core i7-2600 Sandy Bridge-DT Socket H2 (LGA1155) 4 x (32 + 32 + 256) + 8M
32 GB DDR3 RAM

Motherboard / Chipset : Intel DH67BL - Intel H67 (Cougar Point) [B3]

BIOS - BLH6710H.86A.0160.2012.1204.1156 - UEFI -

DRIVES (Already installed, not the drives I am having issues with that this post is regarding)

SATA - ST2000DL003-9V5166 2TB - Accompanied by
SATA 1.5 GB HL-DT DVDRAMDVD+R


The drives I am trying to install internal via SATA - Seagate GoFlex - (Formerly external drives, but has full SATA Capability)

So here is my problem,I properly mounted both drives, attached SATA POWER & Other Sata Chord (6GB) direct to motherboard on open slots, (from a clean shut down) and well... Nothing lol. They dont show up in the BIOs, at first windows would hang but finally I got in, nothing in device manager, etc etc. One thing i did notice is that for some odd reason my main internal was on SATA SLOT4, instead of Zero. Also, when entering BIOS after tuning on the system it would beep in slower but steady incraments for about 15 minutes and then stop. I know these drives are compatible to do this, i have seen it done a million times over but I don't understand what I could be doing wrong? I know the drives themselves are not corrupted or anything, but why wont bios read them at all? Why won't windows? How do I get them fully functional? Thank you in advance once again for taking time out of your day to read this, excuse my noobness, I am still learning! Also, here are some pictures of the installation as well as my bios so maybe if you see that something is done incorrectly in your opinion you could tell me a different way of doing it.

P.S. I am sure you will see a discl power supply in some of hese pics. Disregard that, it is for a HD fan I will later reconnect when appropriate.





 
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Hi there sicksbeats,

That is strange.

Some externals have hardware encryption(as well as some other features) that may not allow you to access the data in case the drive is outside the enclosure and connected internally. Yet, in my view, it should be at least recognized by BIOS.

My suggestion would be to try using different SATA+power cables. Also, you can attach it to another port. In case the issue persists, try to see if the drive is powering up at all.
In case it is not recognized by BIOS, I doubt that you will be able to access the drive with software tools. Yet, it will not hurt to try. Go to the manufacturers website and look for testing tool.(you can try both the OS and DOS version of it)

Do you have crucial data stored on...
Hi there sicksbeats,

That is strange.

Some externals have hardware encryption(as well as some other features) that may not allow you to access the data in case the drive is outside the enclosure and connected internally. Yet, in my view, it should be at least recognized by BIOS.

My suggestion would be to try using different SATA+power cables. Also, you can attach it to another port. In case the issue persists, try to see if the drive is powering up at all.
In case it is not recognized by BIOS, I doubt that you will be able to access the drive with software tools. Yet, it will not hurt to try. Go to the manufacturers website and look for testing tool.(you can try both the OS and DOS version of it)

Do you have crucial data stored on the drive?

Let me know how this goes,
D_Know_WD
 
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