IDE HDs not visible in Disk Management or Explorer

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I'm running a MSI H81M-P33 Motherboard with a Masscool XWT-PCIe15 controller card with 2 IDE HD connected to it. In Device Manager all 3 HD can be seen but in Disk Management and Win Explorer only the partitioned SATA drive is visible as drives C and D. No matter what I tried I can't see what should be E and F (the IDE drives) All the drivers loaded fine and there are no errors anywhere in Device Manager, does anyone have any idea why or possible how to get Win 7 to see them so I can use them. Thanks
 

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Win 7 32 bitI3 41304GBIntel 400
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Custom
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Win 7 32 bit
CPU
I3 4130
Motherboard
MSI H81M-P33
Memory
4GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel 400
Hard Drives
500GB
Hello and welcome 87 mate just what are on these drives if anything??

Plus what do you intend using them for just backing up etc?

If we knew what brand they were we could advise you of some test programs to run on them, as well as the drivers for them. Being IDE they must be fairly old too.
 

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Not sure of their age but both are working WD drives from another computer that is no longer used. Both drives have files on them, from pdf files to backed up tv shows and were working the day I took them out. One drive is a 160GB and the other is 80GB. Rather than leave them lay around I figured to continue to use them for storage in the new setup.
 

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Win 7 32 bitI3 41304GBIntel 400
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Win 7 32 bit
CPU
I3 4130
Motherboard
MSI H81M-P33
Memory
4GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel 400
Hard Drives
500GB
Welcome 87lwrdr :)

How do you have the jumpers set on each of the IDE HD's ?


Can you give us a full size screen snip of Disk Management ?
 

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I was able to get them working. I disconnected everything including the controller card and re-installed Win 7. I then re-installed the card and started the computer and updated the drivers even though Win 7 said all was well. Then I took the drives and set them up as master and slave (they were on CS) and installed one at a time shutting down and restarting with each drive. I don't know why this worked or if re-seating the card or installing 7 again that did the trick, it's just strange that before the drives were visible by the bios and part of windows now they're visible in all areas.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Win 7 32 bitI3 41304GBIntel 400
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Win 7 32 bit
CPU
I3 4130
Motherboard
MSI H81M-P33
Memory
4GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel 400
Hard Drives
500GB
Probably as Doc Brown said mate something to do with the jumpers in all probability. The reseating may have helped but my money is on whathesaid.
 

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Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap A...Desk1 i5 3750K / Laptop i7 GTX 860M / Desk2 i...Desk1 8GB (1866) / Desk2 16GB (1333) / Laptop...Desk 1& 2NVidia GTX 650 & Laptops on board Intel
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Own build (new) Desk1 / Asus ROG Win 7 / Desk2 1st build
OS
Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
CPU
Desk1 i5 3750K / Laptop i7 GTX 860M / Desk2 i5 2500
Motherboard
Desk1 Asus P877-V / Desk2 Gigabyte H67 UD3H / Laptop ?
Memory
Desk1 8GB (1866) / Desk2 16GB (1333) / Laptop 8Gb DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
Desk 1& 2NVidia GTX 650 & Laptops on board Intel
Sound Card
Desk 1 & 2 -XONAR DG Realtek High Def audio Laptop
Monitor(s) Displays
Desk 1 Benq HD 2450 / Desk2 Philips 24" / Laptop 17.5"
Screen Resolution
1920x1080 D1 & D2 & Laptop 1
Hard Drives
Desk1 Samsung 120GB 830 SSD
Asus ROG 256GB 850 Pro SSD
Desk2 Samsung 840 256 SSD
Toshiba 120GB EVO
PSU
Desk 1 Corsair HX 1050/ Laptop ? / Desk 2 Corsair HX 650
Case
Desk 1 Cooler HAF XM ? Toshiba laptop / Desk2 Coolermaster
Cooling
Fans on all Desk1 -2 Desk2 - all Coolermasters 5 Laptop ?
Keyboard
Desk 1 MS Sidewinder X6 Desk 2 MS Sidewinder X 4
Mouse
Desk 1&2 - Gigabyte MS 900 gamer - laptop - Logitec wireless
Internet Speed
ADSL2+
Other Info
One other Desktop (tester) and spare Toshba laptop both with SSD's
Running Kaspersky 2016 ISS on all machines config'd identically
Logitec audio stereo systems on each machine (x3)
Canon MG5250MFC
Router/modem TP-Link running WPA2SK
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