Sata problems with IDE drive

moults said:

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?

No, a BIOS setting.

Have a read of this tutorial:

Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP

thanks again for the swift response but i don't want a dual boot system i just want to replace xp pro with 7

theog said:

Can you post a screenshot of BIOS BOOT SEQUENCE?

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

Check the BIOS BOOT SEQUENCE.

screenshot

moults said:

screenshot

That's looking good for Win 7 to boot first.

Was a solution ever found for this? I am having the identical problem. Single SATA connected boots fine. Add IDE storage drives, check and recheck boot sequence, and I can't get system to boot. "No OS found". Even though the boot sequence is set to sata first it will only attempt to boot from IDE once they are connected.

Vancity said:

Was a solution ever found for this? I am having the identical problem. Single SATA connected boots fine. Add IDE storage drives, check and recheck boot sequence, and I can't get system to boot. "No OS found". Even though the boot sequence is set to sata first it will only attempt to boot from IDE once they are connected.

Yes, moults last post.

Check your manual page 47:

GA-MA785GT-UD3H (rev. 1.0) - GIGABYTE - Support&Download - Motherboard - Manual

Are you refering to something o page 47 specifically that I'm overlooking or advanced bios in general?

Vancity said:

Was a solution ever found for this? I am having the identical problem. Single SATA connected boots fine. Add IDE storage drives, check and recheck boot sequence, and I can't get system to boot. "No OS found". Even though the boot sequence is set to sata first it will only attempt to boot from IDE once they are connected.

Vancity said:

Are you refering to something o page 47 specifically that I'm overlooking or advanced bios in general?

Vancity said:

Was a solution ever found for this? I am having the identical problem. Single SATA connected boots fine. Add IDE storage drives, check and recheck boot sequence, and I can't get system to boot. "No OS found". Even though the boot sequence is set to sata first it will only attempt to boot from IDE once they are connected.

Check with the manual:

Hi theog,

My boot sequence is virtually the same, other than I have mine set to cd/dvd drive first, hard drive second. For the Hard Disk Boot Priority, I have it set to my SATA first. I will change the first boot device to hard drive and try that. Would it think my IDE hard drive is a cd/dvd drive? And if it did, when it realized there was no OS in it, would it not attempt to boot from the second device, the SATA hard drive with the OS installed?

Thanks for your assistance.