Having trouble adding IDE hard drive to SATA setup.
As the title suggests, I am having trouble getting Vista to recognize the IDE hard drive I am trying to add. I have Vis...
Boot Vista from external 2.5 sata USB enclosure
Hey there folks, I've had a problem with my laptop recently and I'm unable to boot from my hard drive. I can't boot off ...
Help connecting a new sata hard drive
Hi sorry if I posted in the wrong forum but I got this hitachi sata 320gb hard drive from newegg and didnt come with any...
install doesn't see sata-raid drivers
I am attempting a new build with Vista x64 sp1.When I get to the install screen part where to put the OS, no HD is found...
Clone To SATA Harddrive
Hi, I have Vista Home Premium x64 running on a 80Gig Hdd, I need to transfer the O/S to a 320Gig sata Hdd. The sata Hdd ...
New SATA Hard Drive Issue
I just bought a new PC with an Intel DG31PR Motherboard and a Seagate 320 GB ST3320613AS sata2 drive. Everything was wor...
Asus sata dvdrw driving me insane
Hi guys.. I'm just wondering if anyone has any ideas on the following . I removed my ide burner to use in my other compu...
My Computer (Windows Explorer) stops responding on new SATA
I have just added a second sata hard drive to my PC (Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB). My Vista Home Premium installa...
Installing 64bit Vista with SATA drives
Hi,I know this is probably a very newbie question but here goes....I have a new built machine that has an Intel DX48BT2 ...
upgrade c: from pata to sata with vista ultimate 64bit upgra
my c: is a pata drive - i bought a new sata drive and i want to swap them. i have done a complete computer back up on a...
Install Vista from IDE DVD drive to SATA HDD (with pics)
Hello all, first post here but have read quite alot on the forum.Built a new pc.. Only took around 3 hours, but getting ...
Vista x64 install SATA/AHCI signed driver problem
Hi guys,I'm having problems trying to install Vista x64 Ultimate on my G33 Express machine, which utilizes the ICH9 cont...
HD added with SATA doesn't show up
So I finished adding a Western Digital 160GB 10,000RPM HD, made sure all the plugs were correct, and using sata. However...
sata pci card for vista
Hi guys,I got a cheap sata pci card for my hdd and dvdrw but it is giving me problem during installation of vista. When...
Additional Sata connections
My present motherboard has 2 internal sata connections which I use for my C and D drives, I wish to add anther one for ...
Add an IDE HD to a SATA Vista64 Set-up
Hi,New to the Vista world and I recently upgraded from an older computer. Now I have an IDE HD that I would like to add...
LG GSA-H62N (SATA) won't burn CD-R
I am having some trouble with my LG GSA-H62N Super Multi DVD Burner (sata). It burns DVD's flawlessly, reads DVD and C...
help configuring SATA USB hard drive
My 2 year old toshiba laptop died and I removed the HD and got a USB encolsure for it and have tried to connect it to my...
Dell 490 E-sata?
I have a Dell 490 and I am trying to use 2 esata 500gb Seagate drives in Antec MX-1 cases as RAID 0. I have set this up ...
SATA 150 or 300 or RAID - Need Help.
I am running Ultimate on a Pentium D w/2meg and Ready Boost with a Seagate 7200 16 MB Cache on an Intel ICH7R/DH sata ...
moving Vista ultimate to new SATA drive (added as second HDD
I'm sure the answer to this is already here. Somewhere. But can't find it. So I'm simply looking to move my current inst...
Adding IDE Drive to New System with ATA / SATA Architecture
Finally got a new system, made my buy, no problem with Vista [ Hitachi HDP725 SCSI 160GB HD ], (new drive). Added Maxtor...
single SATA to Raid 1
I've just received my Dell Optiplex 755 with Vista Ultimate and 2x250 sata drives. I asked Dell to configure the 2 disk...
SATA Hard Drives
I'm about to tackle my first addition of a sata drive. I think I read somewhere that sata drives do not have Master - S...
SATA & RAID installations
My Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit PC originally had two 80gig sata drives configured as RAID0. I replaced those drives wi...
SATA HDD only works with SATA to eSATA cable?
I have a 750 GB sata 3.0 HDD which i'm trying to connect to a sata RAID card or motherboard. I've connected my hard dri...
external SATA drive unomunts?
---HP Pavillion dv9700z notebook, Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit---Hi, I bought a Metal Gear Box 3506uas sata 3.5" en...
Reinstalling Vista Ultimate on second SATA hard drive
Can't find this exact question here.... so mine is:I bought a new sata internal HDD and want to move my current Vista i...
VISTA shutsdown my SATA HD.
I've been using vista for about a year and never had any problems. But now all of a sudden my sata HD spins down and s...
Only 30mb/s on SATA II HDD
Ok what the heck is going on? When i copy files to and from my HDD's i see in the progress popup that i am only getting...
SATA DVD Burners
I apologize for my ignorance, but I just can't find an answer. I notice that the sata DVD Burners, such as Sony and Sam...
Sata?
Whats the sata Cable in a Laptop -- Triggerhand...
Does Vista install CD (OEM Ult 32bit) have ICH10 sata driver
Does Vista install CD (OEM Ult 32bit) have ICH10 sata drivers?i.e. will it recognize my sata drives plugged into its ICH...
Vista 32 Basic see my SATA drive as a SCSI drive.
Above says it all. How do I fix it so it sees it as a sata and not scsi....
Re: Install SATA/RAID controler after Vista installed?
The answer is no. I have just been through the same issue and spent ages. Intel agents assured me it carn't be done unle...
Missing SATA Drive on Vista Ultimate Machine
I have a home built PC running Vista Ultimate - recently encountered issue where 1TB sata HDD (used for backups and dat...
SATA II HDD recognized in device manager & BIOS, but NOT win
My secondary HDD (music, pictures, etc.) spontaneously disappeared from windows explorer yesterday. It is still shown i...
Any Ideas on a very good SATA
controller pci card. I have 4 1TB HD'S with a 1200 watt power supply, Also running a blu ray DVD rom with sata and also...
SATA Hard Drive Factory Full Capacity Restore - Vista 64Bit
Western Digital sata Hard Drive - 640GB Vista Home Premium - 64Bit Gateway desktop.Would someone know of any utility or ...
my sata hd is now a scsi device
i just got a new sata HD and installed windows vista. it initially detected my old sata hd, as i had put all my drivers...
pci sata controller card
trying to install this card on to my vista pc turn pc off install in pci slot turn on pc no found new hardware wizard ap...
BIOS AND Vista Not Recognizing 2nd SATA Hard Drive
I have upgraded from Windows XP Service Pack 3 to Vista Home Premium on a Toshiba Qosmio G35-AVA600 which has two 80GB S...
Does Vista prefer SATA BIOS setting IDE or AHCI ?? (KB922976
My system specs:OS Name Microsoft® Windows VistaT Ultimate Version 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002 OS Manufacturer Mi...
New Comp, Vista Ult 64bit, Startup SATA/RAID HD not found
I know you guys get this question alot, but after searching through the forum posts and trying the various methods, stil...
x64 SATA HDD to HDD file copy slowdown
New install of Vista Ultimate x64. Drive C is a new drive which works well. Drive D is an older sata 3.0 drive - both W...
Vista x64 Ultimate SATA HDD gone missing
Hello,I have just recently installed a new copy of Vista x64 Ultimate on my computer. Everything was going fine and al...
trying to add a second sata drive
i have tried everything said in 'this thread' (http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/68796-trying-add-second-hdd-vista-h...
Second SATA Hard drive not able to format
I have windows Vista 32bit ultimate. I bought the compter prebuilt from a web vendor about 2 years ago. When I got it ...
External Hard Drive with e SATA
I run Vista Home Premium on a self build computer with an Asus P5B Delux motherboard. It has an e sata socket and I rece...
INTERNAL SATA drive as alternate boot HDD
I have VISTA 64 booting nicely from sata 0. I have another data drive on sata 1. No RAID or anything like that is being ...
Two drives on SATA
Not being too familiar with sata Drives (I'm used to IDE) I'm asking if you can have two sata drives on one connection (...
XP to Vista (ide/sata) Mystery
My old XP pc died with a case of capacitor plague.I replaced it with a Vista pc. I thought that I would have no problem ...
Sata 1.5 versus sata 3
Does anyone know the easy answer to which is faster and is it really noticeable?? Considering upgrading one of my 160gig...
Can't install Vista on SATA harddrive.
Good Morning,I am unable to get Vista to recognize drivers for my Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 in a non-RAID capacity. It's...
SATA-II Drive AHCI Controller Vista Problem G965
Hi,I have a problem trying to get a sata-II drive working using AHCI under Vista. It's Vista 32-bit Ultimate.The problem...
Vista Will NOT Recognize 2nd SATA Hard Drive!
Just installed a Seagate 250 GB sata hard drive in bay 2 of my HP Compac dv9000 series laptop. However, no matter what I...
Creating a recovery disk that will work on SATA drives
Enviroment in useVista Home Premium Compaq Presaio CQ40 Laptop 200+ GB sata Drive (I think) 4GB MEMORYI am trying to cre...
SATA is also IDE?
Both my harddisk and dvd drive are sata, but in disk management, it appear as IDE.Is sata also another form of IDE?...
How about an 32GB SSD SATA boot drive?
Does anyone have experience using a solid state disk as Vista boot drive? From what I've been reading an sata SSD boo...