[Ham-Computers] BIOS Hard Drive On-Off Switch

[Jim Hill]

At 11:18 AM 3/6/2009, you wrote:
>Jim Hill wrote:
> > Could I turn on all four ports and have the computer operate
> > properly?
>
>sure.
>If the BIOS doesn't detect a drive, it's not going to show in the OS.
>
>
> > The drive is new, a Western digital WD3200AAKS.  I had just finished
> > setting it up in another computer using the WD setup CD, and
>
>That *might* be your issue.  Most motherboards do not require the setup
>routines that used to come with drives.  They used to have some sort of
>extender to allow the bios to interact with larger drives, but this was
>years back.  Not sure if the software does the same thing.  I just hook
>the drives up and let the OS do the partitioning/formatting.
>
>If you can uninstall the software and just attach the drive, that might
>fix the issue.  You can also check on the mfgrs website.
>
>You can try putting it back in the other computer to see if it is
>recognized, before or after the setup software is removed.
>
>Make sure you have the latest BIOS for your computers also.
>
>If you can't remove the software, try a partitioning utility like
>GPARTED (free) or many of the others.
>
>
>
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Thanks for the info. There is little downside to having all drives 
on.  You get a brief message during booting that some drives are not 
connected, but that's about it.

My drive work fine.  I just selected the wrong port when I initially 
connected it.

Jim