My sata hard drive does not appear in Vista

Bob F,

Ah, I will use my son's computer, which is running XP. I just have to make
sure the new drive is done as a Basic drive.

Mike

 

"Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Bob F,
>
> Ah, I will use my son's computer, which is running XP. I just have to make
> sure the new drive is done as a Basic drive.
>
> Mike
>
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Right...good luck. Take your time, relax and be patient.

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On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:49:00 -0700, Mike
<Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
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> Jane C,
>
> Now that's not good news. What do I do now? Can I make it an external drive? <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->


No. As Jane said, dynamic disks aren't supported in Home Basic or Home
Premium. It doesn't matter whether the drives are internal or
external; dynamic disks are not supported.

If you have dynamic disks you want to use with Home Premium, you'll
need to copy them to basic disks. You can do that on a computer
running XP Professional Vista Enterprise, or Vista Ultimate. You could
either mount the dynamic drive temporarily within the machine to do
the copy or use it externally mounted in an external USB enclosure.

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> "Jane C" wrote:
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> > Hello Mike,
> >
> > If you are using Home Premium, then you will not be able to use a dynamic
> > drive. Dynamic drives are not supported in either of the Home Editions.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:27C929CC-7076-45C6-A8CF-843673A82D1F@microsoft.com...<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
> > > Bob F,
> > >
> > > I think we lost each other in this thread. My problem in a nutshell is
> > > this;
> > > I have 3 disc drives, the regular ‘C’ drive and 2 extra drives. The ‘C’
> > > and 1
> > > of the extra drives are IDE and the one that doesn’t show up is a SATA
> > > drive.
> > > I ‘see’ the drive in Device Manager, but I can’t access it. It doesn’t
> > > show
> > > up in My Computer either. When I run MaxBlast the drive appears there
> > > also.
> > > It's marked as Dynamic.
> > > I can’t just reformat it because there is a lot irreplaceable data on it.
> > > I didn’t have any problem when on the same computer, I was running XP Pro.
> > > Then I went over to Vista Home Prem and this is the only problem I have
> > > ran
> > > into.
> > > Now, I also have a DVD-/+RW on SATA which is what I used to install Vista.
> > > Is my only solution to change out the HD, install a new one, then enclose
> > > the HD into a case and make it an external HD and just copy the files
> > > over?
> > > You have a great help and I’m hoping you can help me find out why this is
> > > happening. I'll check back tomorrow, I forgot about Daylight Saving Time!
> > >
> > > Mike
> > ><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled
> > Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
> > MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> > <!--colorc--><!--/colorc--><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

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I have to come up with a plan for this. I will let you know how it all came
out when I do it.
I cannot thank you all so much. You all have been such a help. Your fast
answers and ideas were great. Again, thank you all very much!

Mike

 

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>
> I have to come up with a plan for this. I will let you know how it all
> came
> out when I do it.
> I cannot thank you all so much. You all have been such a help. Your fast
> answers and ideas were great. Again, thank you all very much!
>
> Mike
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Glad to help.

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One quick question. Which version of Vista will dynamic drives work under?
Thanks.

Mike

 

One quick question. Which version of Vista will dymanic drives work under?
Thanks.

Mike

 

"Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> One quick question. Which version of Vista will dynamic drives work under?
> Thanks.
>
> Mike<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->


It's Home Editions it will NOT work with.

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Bob F,

So, Ultimate and Business would be ok? I know, I'm a little slow tonight.

Mike

 

On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:48:02 -0700, Mike
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> One quick question. Which version of Vista will dynamic drives work under?
> Thanks.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->


Enterprise and Ultimate.

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Thank you very much!

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
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> On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:48:02 -0700, Mike
> <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
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> > One quick question. Which version of Vista will dynamic drives work under?
> > Thanks.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
>
> Enterprise and Ultimate.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:57:00 -0700, Mike
<Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
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You're welcome. Glad to help.

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> > On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:48:02 -0700, Mike
> > <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
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> > > One quick question. Which version of Vista will dynamic drives work under?
> > > Thanks.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
> >
> >
> > Enterprise and Ultimate.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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SOLUTION!!!

I had this problem and could not find anything online to help me so I
had to use my brain...

All you have to do it start the computer and hit F2 to go into the
setup (bios).

Once there, find your Disk Drives menu.

Look for SATA 1 and SATA 2.

SATA 1 will already be turned "ON".

You just need to go to SATA 2 (or 3 etc...) and turn off to "ON" or
disable to ENABLE.

After that, hit save and exit and it will become available.

Thank you, thank you...

You're too kind!




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