OS does not recognize second SATA drive

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I installed a 250GB SATA drive to my computer in addition to an 80 GB
drive, and Windows Vista does not recognize it. Vista is installed to
the 80 GB drive. The 250 GB drive appears in the BIOS, and I was able
to format and partition it (as NTFS) with the disk CD, but the new
drive is not listed in Vista, either in Computer or Disk Management.
Is there anything special I have to do to get it working? It's not
configured for RAID because the drives are different sizes. It's an
ASUS A8S-x mobo. Thanks in advance.
 
I installed a 250GB SATA drive to my computer in addition to an 80 GB
drive, and Windows Vista does not recognize it. Vista is installed to
the 80 GB drive. The 250 GB drive appears in the BIOS, and I was able
to format and partition it (as NTFS) with the disk CD, but the new
drive is not listed in Vista, either in Computer or Disk Management.
Is there anything special I have to do to get it working? It's not
configured for RAID because the drives are different sizes. It's an
ASUS A8S-x mobo. Thanks in advance.
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Is your previous 80GB drive an IDE drive or SATA? What "disc CD" are you
talking about that you say you used to partition and format the new 250GB
SATA drive? In your motherboard's CMOS (BIOS) menu, is the Sis SATA
Controller listed as RAID, disabled or Native SATA? If configured as RAID,
in the separate SIS SATA RAID BIOS, are member drives listed, and if so, are
they configured as non-RAID (BASE) drives? In the Vista Device Manager, is
there a controller device with a question mark, exclamation mark or red X?
If the drive isn't recognized by the OS in My Computer/Windows Explorer nor
the Drive Management module, but is recognized by the motherboard's BIOS, it
usually means that the controller that the drive is connected to needs OS
drivers installed in order to be recognized. If the older 80GB drive is an
SATA drive but the 250GB isn't, you may have the SATA controller set up as
RAID within the motherboard's BIOS menu and the 80GB drive configured as
non-RAID in the separate SIS RAID BIOS menu settings.

If you need SIS Vista Southbridge SATA drivers, you can get them from
http://www.sis.com/download/download_step1.php?id=155908

Another thing, I see that your motherboard doesn't support SATA 300Gb/s. Is
your new 250GB drive a 300Gb/s drive, and if it is, does it have a jumper on
the back of it to limit it to 150Gb/s mode?

Hope these questions help you get things sorted out
 
Is your previous 80GB drive an IDE drive or SATA?
SATA
What "disc CD" are you
talking about that you say you used to partition and format the new 250GB
SATA drive?
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It's actually a gParted Live CD.
In your motherboard's CMOS (BIOS) menu, is the Sis SATA
Controller listed as RAID, disabled or Native SATA? If configured as RAID,
in the separate SIS SATA RAID BIOS, are member drives listed, and if so, are
they configured as non-RAID (BASE) drives?
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It's listed as Native
In the Vista Device Manager, is
there a controller device with a question mark, exclamation mark or red X?
If the drive isn't recognized by the OS in My Computer/Windows Explorer nor
the Drive Management module, but is recognized by the motherboard's BIOS, it
usually means that the controller that the drive is connected to needs OS
drivers installed in order to be recognized. If the older 80GB drive is an
SATA drive but the 250GB isn't, you may have the SATA controller set up as
RAID within the motherboard's BIOS menu and the 80GB drive configured as
non-RAID in the separate SIS RAID BIOS menu settings.
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They are both SATA drives. I'll try installing the drivers if I can...
Another thing, I see that your motherboard doesn't support SATA 300Gb/s. Is
your new 250GB drive a 300Gb/s drive, and if it is, does it have a jumper on
the back of it to limit it to 150Gb/s mode?
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Yes, the new drive is jumpered (is that a word?) back to the slower
mode.
 
It's actually a gParted Live CD.


It's listed as Native


They are both SATA drives. I'll try installing the drivers if I can...


Yes, the new drive is jumpered (is that a word?) back to the slower
mode.
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Does the BIOS SATA settings have something called Compatibility Mode
or something like that? We had some systems at work that needed to
have it set to there before things would work correctly.
 
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