Thread: Can I make a SATA HDD work with IDE?

Motherboard - EP-8NPA7I;
The first HDD - ST3802110A IDE
Second HDD - MAXTOR STM3500320AS SATA.

When you restart the computer hangs and does not want to boot. Reinstall system WIN XP PROF SP2 on disk IDE. How long the computer did not want to boot from Hard disk, the interpretation of the boot disk. He was - error hard disk. The system disk was visible, the disk error is not found. Eventually forced to hard boot. But there is a problem with the SATA disk. Visible and in the system and BIOS. But even in the Safely Remove Hardware.

SATA drives are always visible in the Safely Remove Hardware.

This is normal! They also support Hot Plug memory.

When I put the disc the first time, it is somehow removed it from there.

The problem is that the computer does not see connected devices!

Click on My Computer, the third mouse button, choose MANAGEMENT, then Disk Management, and the look can itself prescribes the letter that hard, if so, then change the letter to another, and voila system to see . Just a constant ambush on your computer working.