IDE-Chan. Help !

Hey my freinds from hell B)

Well, i got a slight problem .. Well more of an annoyance :rant:
it all started when i added my S-ATA HD from maxtor.

Every time i start my PC, XP ( PRO ) pops up and say "New hardware detected" IDE-Channel
( In Danish, IDE-Kanal ) 2 times, And when it searches for drivers it finds nothing and boom ... Nothing to do
Do i have to download any special drivers or what ? Please help, its so god damn annoying :nxs:


Thanks :thumbup:


PS: Did not know if i should post this in hardware or here since, its more driver related

what kind of BIOS do u have?

check ur S.ATA IDE controller

Sounds like the raid controller to me. I had that problem til I used the cd that came with it

Originally posted by Ar.Pi@May 28 2004, 11:36 PM
what kind of BIOS do u have?

check ur S.ATA IDE controller

Its one of them with tiny little teddy bears on the side, and curtains ...

I got a P8P400 Deluxe with latest BIOS update ...

But everything seems to be set right

And Nxs, i did not get any CD with my HD

heres the trick XLS:you gotta format that SATA hd first and Maxtor got this lovely tool available Max Blast download this .iso image file Burn it on CD its bootable.set your 1st bootup device on CD-ROM in your bios then restart, max blast loads up lets you format the SATA hd swift n easy with its user friendly interface.

asks you if you want to add this hd as extra capacity to your existing operatingsystem(hard drive) or format it as a stand alone hd.answer it!

if i were you i would have put my operating system on SATA to get to load the WinXP fast on SATA instead of slow IDE.that means a re-install f your whole WinXP.

youre WinXP is on NTFS isnt it.if not dont forget to switch your whole HD's to that great improvement will be on the way.

and if you've tried and installed your WinXP on your SATA HD dont forget to assign your first boot device to SCSI in your bios.

still no plans for raid?cuz that may bring up another issues as well.

Thanks zoltrix


But, there is a minor problem ..

I got alot of important stuff on that Drive .. ( More than 50 GB's *whistle* )
And it works fine and all, but the only thing annoying me is the message XP keeps saying everytime i start the computer. But if there are no other way, i might have to follow you're little guide

So, any other solutions than formatting guys ?

Thanks for the replies so far :thumbup:

Originally posted by XLSâ„¢+May 29 2004, 08:14 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (XLSâ„¢ @ May 29 2004, 08:14 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Ar.Pi@May 28 2004, 11:36 PM
what kind of BIOS do u have?

check ur S.ATA IDE controller

Its one of them with tiny little teddy bears on the side, and curtains ...

I got a P8P400 Deluxe with latest BIOS update ...

But everything seems to be set right

And Nxs, i did not get any CD with my HD [/b][/quote]
cool where did u get that? i would say AMI bios from the curtains...

anyway y wont u install new XP on the S.ATA? then copy all ur shit to the S.ATA and format or did i missed something? :/

Because i got too much shit ... And i recently formatted anyway. So i just want that pop up message to go away

so burn most of ur shit on dvd-rw's and it will all stay there until u format ur hd.

Cheap solution yaaa !


.... NOOOOOT


You do realise i got a million games installed, and applications too
I cant burn those on CD's or DVD's

I would have to install them all again because of the windows reg keys. And i formatted not so long ago, it took me weeks to get it all setup right and i dont wanna go trough that again.
I just wanna know how to make the windows pop-up go away. It works perfect but its so f*cking annoying to keep pressing "Done" ... "Done" ... "yes" .... :rant: On each startup