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SATA drive on IDE port with adapter
All the other problems seem to be the other way around.
My 2 DVD writers are on the primary IDE port. Had 2 x 80GB HDD's on the 2 SATA ports. Upgraded 2nd HDD to 320GB. No problems. Decided to use left-over 80GB HDD as backup disk. Installed an adapter. Plugged into secondary IDE port on motherboard. Did CMOS changes.
Booting up has three (seemingly random) results:
1. Boots up normally
2. Boots, but takes 6 minutes from "Starting Windows" to password screen
3. Never gets past "Starting Windows". This is the most common.
When it boots up normally I can use the drive. Formatted it. Changed label. Did system image.
Anybody had any success doing this?
Later edit: Tried with PCI SATA adapter and that works 100%.
Last edited by macnab; 16 Jun 2010 at 05:08.