• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Windows doesn't see ATA/66 drive!!

I

IntelConvert

Senior member
Puzzling problem here... About 3 years ago, when I built a new system, I gave my son my old PC. The HDD in it is a Maxtor 40GB ATA/66.

For some reason, his PC just won't bootup. I suspect a boot sector virus because he has been rediculously lax in updating his AV (about 3 months out of date)! So I figured I would install it in my system and thoroughly check it out.

I switched the jumper on the drive to slave and connected his Maxtor as a slave to one of my IDE (ATA/100) drives. My BIOS sees and reports the drive during startup, but Windows doesn't see it... What do you think is the problem?

I'm probably overlooking the obvious and will be damn embarrased when you guys set me straight, but whatever...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top