Sata problems with IDE drive

Hi

I have recently upgraded to Windows 7 and installed onto a Sata 250g drive which runs with no problems. However i also have 2 x IDE drives i use as storage and as soon as i connect them and reboot the system just hangs for hours.

I have tried removing the sata drive and installing on the smaller (80gb) IDE drive and all goes well until i connect any other drive.

This driving me nuts as i need to access the larger IDE drive as it stores all my music and photo's etc.

I can run 7 on either drive but not when both types are connected.

Help please

moults said:

Hi

I have recently upgraded to Windows 7 and installed onto a Sata 250g drive which runs with no problems. However i also have 2 x IDE drives i use as storage and as soon as i connect them and reboot the system just hangs for hours.

I have tried removing the sata drive and installing on the smaller (80gb) IDE drive and all goes well until i connect any other drive.

This driving me nuts as i need to access the larger IDE drive as it stores all my music and photo's etc.

I can run 7 on either drive but not when both types are connected.

Help please

make sure that the ide drives are set to master and slave and connect to their ribbon cable in the correct order. even though you have a sata drive on a lot of mobos if your ide drives are not jumpered correctly the system will just hang during hardware detection.

thanks for the swift response but i have done both of these things but to no avail.

Can you list the BOOT SEQUENCE?

My boot sequence is

1st SATA drive
2nd DVD Drive
3rd 2nd dvd drive
4th Master hdd
5th Slave hdd

All works fine until i try to start with all drives connected.

Theog i notice you live in Hampshire. I moved to Cornwall from hants.

Can you post a screenshot of BIOS BOOT SEQUENCE?

https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...en-forums.html

moults said:

My boot sequence is

1st SATA drive
2nd DVD Drive
3rd 2nd dvd drive
4th Master hdd
5th Slave hdd

All works fine until i try to start with all drives connected.

now are your dvd drives sata or ide? if ide they need to be mastered and slaved. you could also try disconnecting them and try booting with the 3 hdd's.

I've just done a fresh install of XP pro and all drives show and work properly. This must be a windows 7 bug surely. I upgraded from xp pro 32 bit to windows 7 64 bit.

Now i have all drives working maybe i should try to reinstall 7 but i'm loathed to remove the other 2 drives in case they don't work after the install. Is there a problem installing 7 onto my sata drive while the other 2 are connected?