HELP! Computer doesn't show HD!

[LeGenDz]

Ok, heres the problem.. I had a missing HAL.DLL file. I couldn't get the problem resolved at all, so I decided I would HAVE to reformat. I had 2 SATA drives (1WD250/1SG320). The WD was the main one with OS and everything and the SG was just an extra storage drive.

Now.. I didn't want to have to reformat the WD and lose everything (mind you both drives are maxed out on space). So I bought another SG500GB to load a new OS on, which I did. Now after I completed that I connected the other HDs up and made sure the SATA BIOS settings were on. Rebooted the computer but it didn't show anything but the main drive. Oddly enough it DOES show in the Device Manager under disk drives, but as far as getting it to show up in My Computer to access it, nothing.

Doe anyone have ANY advice on what to do next??

 

[Lemon law]

I think you will have to go to your mobo manufacturers web site and download a file to put on a floppy disk or bootable CD----and that file will be needed for your computer see the new HDD. Its a universal problem with a SATA HDD.

 

[LeGenDz]

The computer is a Dell and there was a SATA driver on the site which I DLed and installed. I tried to find out the original MB model but being Dell I'm probably screwed on that.

 

[LeGenDz]

Still unresolved, any advice?

 

[MarcVenice]

There are applications like CPU-z, or Everest that tell what kind of motherboard you've got. Download it, check it out, and try downloading the correct drivers ?

Did you add anything else btw ?

 

[LeGenDz]

Got it taken care of with OnTrack Recovery. Thanks