After XP (HE) upgrade, BIOS won't recognize 2nd HD

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Landtuna

Upgraded OS from W2000PRO to XP Home Edition. Install
went fine but upon reboot BIOS will not show 2nd HD nor
does it show up in XP. 2nd drive is Maxtor 6Y120P0
(120GB) and was running fine under W2000. It is NTFS and
was not touched during upgrade. Disk has data so don't
want to run Maxtor MAXBlast program which will reformat
drive. Have tried unplug/replug, restart etc. with no
results. PowerMax diagnostic shows no errors on drive.
System is older 386 and has bus interface card because
BIOS can't see whole drive. Have looked through Maxtor
and M/S support databases but can't find this problem
anywhere. Thanks for any help.
 
Right-click on MY COMPUTER and select MANAGE.
Click on DISK MANAGEMENT and in the lower right-hand
window (gray shaded area), right-click on your second drive
and select INITIALIZE DISK.

If that does not work:

Go to Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter.
In the Command Prompt window, type: DISKPART , hit enter.
Then type: RESCAN , hit enter.
Try initializing the disk again.


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| Upgraded OS from W2000PRO to XP Home Edition. Install
| went fine but upon reboot BIOS will not show 2nd HD nor
| does it show up in XP. 2nd drive is Maxtor 6Y120P0
| (120GB) and was running fine under W2000. It is NTFS and
| was not touched during upgrade. Disk has data so don't
| want to run Maxtor MAXBlast program which will reformat
| drive. Have tried unplug/replug, restart etc. with no
| results. PowerMax diagnostic shows no errors on drive.
| System is older 386 and has bus interface card because
| BIOS can't see whole drive. Have looked through Maxtor
| and M/S support databases but can't find this problem
| anywhere. Thanks for any help.
 
Thanks Carey - I had already done your first suggestion.
Tried it again but disk #2 is not shown - only disk #1 and
the 2 CD-ROMS. Tried suggestion #2. It appeared to work
but still disk #2 does not show up under Disk Management.
John
 
Landtuna said:
Upgraded OS from W2000PRO to XP Home Edition. Install
went fine but upon reboot BIOS will not show 2nd HD nor
does it show up in XP. 2nd drive is Maxtor 6Y120P0
(120GB) and was running fine under W2000. It is NTFS and
was not touched during upgrade. Disk has data so don't
want to run Maxtor MAXBlast program which will reformat
drive. Have tried unplug/replug, restart etc. with no
results. PowerMax diagnostic shows no errors on drive.
System is older 386 and has bus interface card because
BIOS can't see whole drive. Have looked through Maxtor
and M/S support databases but can't find this problem
anywhere. Thanks for any help.
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Are you serious? You got XP running on a 386?

Just in case it's a typo, what the BIOS sees is entirely unrelated to what
the OS is, or even if an OS is installed.

Then you said that you're using a separate card for the drive; those
normally don't show up in the BIOS as they aren't a motherboard component.
 
Landtuna said:
Upgraded OS from W2000PRO to XP Home Edition. Install
went fine but upon reboot BIOS will not show 2nd HD nor
does it show up in XP. 2nd drive is Maxtor 6Y120P0
(120GB) and was running fine under W2000. It is NTFS and
was not touched during upgrade. Disk has data so don't
want to run Maxtor MAXBlast program which will reformat
drive. Have tried unplug/replug, restart etc. with no
results. PowerMax diagnostic shows no errors on drive.
System is older 386 and has bus interface card because
BIOS can't see whole drive. Have looked through Maxtor
and M/S support databases but can't find this problem
anywhere. Thanks for any help.
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This is a wind-up, right?! There's more chance of Tony Blair admitting he's
been shagging Bush than either 2000 or XP running on a 386! Even Windows 95
requires a minimum of a 486-DX100!
 
Are you serious? You got XP running on a 386?

Yes, a 386. And it is running fine too....except for not
recognizing the 2nd disk.
Just in case it's a typo, what the BIOS sees is entirely
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unrelated to what the OS is, or even if an OS is installed.
Then you said that you're using a separate card for the
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drive; those normally don't show up in the BIOS as they
aren't a motherboard component.

Because the old Phoenix BIOS doesn't recognize the big 2nd
drive (120GB) I had to install an interface card and
everything was working fine under W2000
 
See if you can find an XP driver for the IDE expansion card.


| >Are you serious? You got XP running on a 386?
|
| Yes, a 386. And it is running fine too....except for not
| recognizing the 2nd disk.
|
| >Just in case it's a typo, what the BIOS sees is entirely
| unrelated to what the OS is, or even if an OS is
installed.
|
| >Then you said that you're using a separate card for the
| drive; those normally don't show up in the BIOS as they
| aren't a motherboard component.
|
| Because the old Phoenix BIOS doesn't recognize the big 2nd
| drive (120GB) I had to install an interface card and
| everything was working fine under W2000
 
Greetings --

Leaving aside the fact that it's not technically possible to
upgrade from Win2K to WinXP Home, if the BIOS doesn't recognize the
hard drive, you've a hardware issue of some sort. Changing the OS
cannot affect the BIOS, and if the PC's BIOS cannot recognize the
drive, then the OS most certainly won't.

Bruce Chambers
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Yes, a 386. And it is running fine too....except for not
recognizing the 2nd disk.

unrelated to what the OS is, or even if an OS is installed.

drive; those normally don't show up in the BIOS as they
aren't a motherboard component.

Because the old Phoenix BIOS doesn't recognize the big 2nd
drive (120GB) I had to install an interface card and
everything was working fine under W2000
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Well you have my curiosity, what is the processor speed of this 386? The
Intel 386 was first introduced 19 years ago in 1985 and if I recal would
only run at something like 33mhz, so I am curious about yours. I remember
my 386-25 mhz that I loaded windows 95 on and it was very, very, very slow.
I don't believe that W2K or XP would run.
 
justme said:
Well you have my curiosity, what is the processor speed of this 386? The
Intel 386 was first introduced 19 years ago in 1985 and if I recal would
only run at something like 33mhz, so I am curious about yours. I remember
my 386-25 mhz that I loaded windows 95 on and it was very, very, very slow.
I don't believe that W2K or XP would run.
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Must be some amazing customization. A 368 would have used those 30-pin
SIMMs, and the biggest those came, if a 386 mobo would support it, were 4 mb
each in 4 banks, so that would be 16 mb max. But the 386 mobo probably
wouldn't have supported the 4mb simms, so you'd be talking either 1 mb (with
4 of the 1/4 mb sticks) or 4 mb total with the 1 mb sticks.

Heh. it's getting close to April, but it's not that close yet.
 
D.Currie said:
Must be some amazing customization. A 368 would have used those
30-pin SIMMs, and the biggest those came, if a 386 mobo would support
it, were 4 mb each in 4 banks, so that would be 16 mb max. But the
386 mobo probably wouldn't have supported the 4mb simms, so you'd be
talking either 1 mb (with 4 of the 1/4 mb sticks) or 4 mb total with
the 1 mb sticks.

Heh. it's getting close to April, but it's not that close yet.
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Precisely - this is a wind-up. There is no way - and I'll stake everything I
own on it - XP can be made to install - nevermind run - on a 386.
 
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See if you can find an XP driver for the IDE expansion
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card.

The driver I have says it is good for XP but I have
contacted the vendor to verify (IOFLEX PCI133). I believe
that is where the problem is now. Thanks for the feedback.
 
This is a wind-up, right?! There's more chance of Tony
Blair admitting he's
been shagging Bush than either 2000 or XP running on a 386! Even Windows 95
requires a minimum of a 486-DX100!
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Well, Tony a public liar then because this generic 386
(ACOMP) with an AMD chipset runs XP as fast as my PII 450
and in some cases, much faster. I haven't run into any XP-
related problems yet....just this disk problem. I believe
now the problem is related to the interface driver but
vendor tells me it should support XP. Still tilting at
windmills.
 
Well, Tony a public liar then because this generic 386
(ACOMP) with an AMD chipset runs XP as fast as my PII 450
and in some cases, much faster. I haven't run into any XP-
related problems yet....just this disk problem. I believe
now the problem is related to the interface driver but
vendor tells me it should support XP. Still tilting at
windmills.
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What's the motherboard? How much RAM? What type? This might be a mighty
interesting experiment.
 
D.Currie said:
What's the motherboard? How much RAM? What type? This might be a mighty
interesting experiment.
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Ah. And another question. Where did you find an IDE controller card that
will support large drives that's ISA?
 
Bruce,

Thanks for the feedback. Here is some info for you:

Upgrade was in fact a new install and it did work
correctly.

Disk problem was not a hardware or BIOS issue. I removed
the interface card and connected the disk to the IDE
controller and it worked. XP reportedly runs its own BIOS
so interface card is no longer required. Vendor insists
it does and that is what threw me off.

-j
 
Trot your butt out to Tempe, AZ and I will prove it to
you. Make the bet worth your while though. :)

-j
 
Removed the interface card completely and connected the
disk up to the IDE controller (normally) and it runs fine
now.

-j
 
It would almost be worth the drive, just to see it, but I don't have the
time...

But I would like to know what motherboard, processor, amount of ram, video
card, IDE controller card etc. If you don't want to look at the cards to get
model and you don't know offhand what you've got in there, aida32 will get
you the info pretty painlessly, and it's a handy program to have around, in
any case.
 
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