Second Hard Drive is not being recognisein BIOS windows XP

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littlebit17

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I have an old compaq presario running on Windows XP Pro SP-3 with 3Gigs of ram and 80 gig hd.
Someone gave me a [Tested] 240 gig hd and I can't seem to get it recognized by the BIOS , or in My Computer! But,..when I go to control panel > system > hardware > device manager, the 240 gig hd shows up there........I'm stumped!
Can anyone with good trouble-shooting skills help me please? I would be ever so grateful!
Thank you kindly
littlebit17
 
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D_Know_WD

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Hi there littlebit17,

Is this a laptop or a desktop computer? I believe it should be a desktop right?

It's really strange the the drive is recognized by Device Manager but not BIOS.

My suggestion would be to:
- Double check the connection. Attach the drive with different SATA and power cables, to another SATA port.
- Go to your MOBO's/computer website and update all the drivers.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD :)
 
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littlebit17

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Lol,..I guess I should have told you how old this desktop is! :lol:So here are the original specs, with the exception of two modifications( ie. Second drive WD 250 Gig hd and 3 Gigs of Memory 2 X 1Gig and 2 X 512 Megs all PC3200 MB/sec).
I took out the French version of Win XP Home Ed. and installed Windows XP Pro SP-3

Compaq Presario SR1610NX Desktop PC Product Specifications
PHP: 
http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00472088
I was wondering about the jumper settings on the hd's because the first drive (80gig),was set to cs and not master nor slave,and it's been running like that ever since I got it!
 
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Hi again. I'm really sorry for the late reply.

Is this a SATA drive? You don't really need to deal with jumper settings, if this is a SATA drive.
Are you sure that the drive functions properly? You can attach it to another system, so you can see if this is the case. If you can't try it on another system, you can attach it to your computer externally with SATA to USB adapter + power cord (if the drive is a 3.5'' one).
Are there any drivers available on the manufacturers website?

I believe you can consider clearing CMOS as well.

You can even see if the drive would be recognized under another OS. You can boot up Ubuntu (just boot, don't install it), form a CD or a flash drive and see if the drive would be recognized: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/267999-32-recover-data-mode

Let me know how this goes,
D_Know_WD :)
 
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littlebit17

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okay,..here's the deal,...I had disable the first drive with the OS[80 Gig} on it,and I also disabled the cd/dvd player. Now I put the second hard drive alone[250Gig],and the BIOS recognized it,and the drive is not SATA,...it's IDE!
I also replaced the CMOS battery with a new one. So the drive works. Now lets get back to the jumper settings,and please answer my question,up above in my previous post!
The 80 Gig hd jumper setting was not on master or slave,..it was on CS abd was plugged into IDE slot 0 and the CD/DVD was plugged into IDE slot 1,and everything worked fine up until the moment That I tried to add the second hd [250 Gig]
Now,...you have the specifications of my computer along with the hardware configuration laid out ,...now make my day!:)
 
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You have two choices on jumper settings. For all of this, note something important. There is no universal way to set jumpers. BUT virtually every HDD has a diagram on it on how to set its jumpers. Use the diagram on each HDD unit for it only.

Both of what follows assumes that you want to connect both HDD units to the ribbon cable on mobo IDE port 0, and the optical drive to IDE port 1 as the only device on that port. I also assume you have a separate Molex power connector plugged into each of these devices.

Option 1
Leave the jumper on your 80 GB unit on CS. Make SURE that it is plugged into the END (Black) connector of the 80-condictor ribbon cable. Now go to the 250 GB unit, and set its jumper (via its diagram) to CS also. Then plug it into the MIDDLE (grey) connector on that ribbon cable. Done this way, the IDE port will treat the HDD on the end (80 GB) as the port Master, and the other as the port Slave unit.

Option 2
In this method, you will set the Master and Slave roles yourself. First, go to your older 80 GB unit and change its jumper to be Master, or to Master with Slave Present if that option exists. Plug this unit into the END (black) connector of the ribbon cable.Then, on the 250 GB unit, set its jumper to Slave and plug it into the MIDDLE (grey) connector.


Since you report no trouble with the optical drive, I have to assume that it is set correctly. Either it has its jumper set to CS, or to Master, and it is plugged into the END (Black) connector on its ribbon cable.
 
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