Comments on: Windows XP Crap; Not My Fault http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2008/07/06/windows-xp-crap-not-my-fault/ Still standing... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:38:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8-bleeding-edge hourly 1 By: Jerry http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2008/07/06/windows-xp-crap-not-my-fault/comment-page-1/#comment-1020 Jerry Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:17:55 +0000 http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/?p=337#comment-1020 Jesse, I don't think it's a SATA IDE harmony issue, unless maybe it's one of the very early computers that supported SATA. My computer has 4 IDE drives and 2 SATA drives. They all get along fine, even with dual booting Linux and XP. Still, an external drive housing is a great tool for salvaging drives among other things. Jesse,
I don’t think it’s a SATA IDE harmony issue, unless maybe it’s one of the very early computers that supported SATA. My computer has 4 IDE drives and 2 SATA drives. They all get along fine, even with dual booting Linux and XP.

Still, an external drive housing is a great tool for salvaging drives among other things.

]]> By: Jesse Petersen http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2008/07/06/windows-xp-crap-not-my-fault/comment-page-1/#comment-1019 Jesse Petersen Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:22:13 +0000 http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/?p=337#comment-1019 Yeah, this drive is jumper-less, and after much debate yesterday, I'd decided that I either needed to get a 250gb SATA drive to back everything up on a second SATA so that is all I have in terms of hard drives, or get a USB connection to treat it as a removable drive. Good eye, Stropp. It just pissed me off that SATA and IDE can't live in harmony. Yeah, this drive is jumper-less, and after much debate yesterday, I’d decided that I either needed to get a 250gb SATA drive to back everything up on a second SATA so that is all I have in terms of hard drives, or get a USB connection to treat it as a removable drive.

Good eye, Stropp.

It just pissed me off that SATA and IDE can’t live in harmony.

]]> By: Stropp http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2008/07/06/windows-xp-crap-not-my-fault/comment-page-1/#comment-1018 Stropp Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:52:22 +0000 http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/?p=337#comment-1018 Did you change the jumper settings on the old harddrive? If it was the main drive on the old computer it was likely set as the master drive, that would conflict with the new PCs master harddrive. Especially if you're running it of the same IDE port. Change the old harddrive to slave (I think, it's been quite a few years since I diddled with more than one HD in my system) and that *should* fix your problem. Another possible option which I have toyed with, but haven't done, is to pick up an external harddrive cradle. These gizmos provide the power supply and electronics for connecting via a USB port. All you do is provide the drive. I've got a couple of old harddrives I really should get data off, I just need to buy one of these gizmos. Did you change the jumper settings on the old harddrive?

If it was the main drive on the old computer it was likely set as the master drive, that would conflict with the new PCs master harddrive. Especially if you’re running it of the same IDE port. Change the old harddrive to slave (I think, it’s been quite a few years since I diddled with more than one HD in my system) and that *should* fix your problem.

Another possible option which I have toyed with, but haven’t done, is to pick up an external harddrive cradle. These gizmos provide the power supply and electronics for connecting via a USB port. All you do is provide the drive. I’ve got a couple of old harddrives I really should get data off, I just need to buy one of these gizmos.

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