PhL0aTeR
Sat May 7th, 2011, 08:47 AM
So i wanted to cram a bunch of TBs into my HTPC and ended up with a couple of these (http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&rlz=1G1TSNA_ENUS355&q=2tb+hd&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=16293675155167747556&sa=X&ei=HFbFTcGiA4P2tgP4g5CTAQ&ved=0CHMQ8wIwAQ#) 2TB units.
First off, my PC appears to have been put together by a 3rd grader who forgot his medication that morning.
Specs:
AMD athlon 64X2 Dual core 6000+ 3GHz
4gb ram
Win7 x64
2 IDE drives one HD and one disc drive
2 SATA drives 2 HDs
OK, so a while back i used to have the disc drives on the two IDE ports, but i wanted to toss in another HD i had lying around so i unplugged one of the disc drives and plugged in a 120gb hd.
So at this point i have 2 250gb Sata drives on the sata ports, a dvd drive and a 120gb connected via IDE. I was running XP at the time and had a bright idea to DB win7 from the 120gb.
During this process, i lost control of my USB keyboard pre-windows load. Win7 seems to have created a boot program that before boot, gives me options to load 7 or load a previous version of windows, but im unable to use my keyboard. My research points me to a BIOS setting that some have found changed after this type of win7 install, i just need a true ps 2 keyboard, apparently the adapters dont work.
On to my initial problem. I got the 2 2tb HDDs in yesterday figured id bust em out and replace both 250HDDs and just remove the 120 so i can plug my other cd drive in. Well, the initial drive that XP was on, is now filled with 99% media, so i figured id take that one out, mirror the OS 120g to the new one, as well as any info thats on the other 250, then swap out that 250 for the other one, xfer all my media to the new drive, then eventually toss the 2ndary 2tb HDD in there and reorganize.
First hitch, when i removed the "original" OS drive, the one XP was on, it fails to load, it hangs on "K8 npt data change, update new data to DMI" (quoted loosely). So i figured that drive had something on it to point to the 120gb OS drive that 7 was now on, so i just did the same thing except with the other drive, and now i can get 7 to load going through the boot selector, like usual, but i cant see the new HD in windows explorer.
My experience level is competent, I've tossed some systems together, been able to figure out most things by googling.... Its probably something really stupid that i seem to be overlooking, any tips?
My end all choice is going to be to get a keyboard, futz with my BIOS settings, replace all HDs and just do a clean install, assuming at that point ive figured out why my PC wont recognize my drives.
Oh and if anyone has an old ps 2 keyboard laying around collecting dust, id be happy to take it off your hands... lol
First off, my PC appears to have been put together by a 3rd grader who forgot his medication that morning.
Specs:
AMD athlon 64X2 Dual core 6000+ 3GHz
4gb ram
Win7 x64
2 IDE drives one HD and one disc drive
2 SATA drives 2 HDs
OK, so a while back i used to have the disc drives on the two IDE ports, but i wanted to toss in another HD i had lying around so i unplugged one of the disc drives and plugged in a 120gb hd.
So at this point i have 2 250gb Sata drives on the sata ports, a dvd drive and a 120gb connected via IDE. I was running XP at the time and had a bright idea to DB win7 from the 120gb.
During this process, i lost control of my USB keyboard pre-windows load. Win7 seems to have created a boot program that before boot, gives me options to load 7 or load a previous version of windows, but im unable to use my keyboard. My research points me to a BIOS setting that some have found changed after this type of win7 install, i just need a true ps 2 keyboard, apparently the adapters dont work.
On to my initial problem. I got the 2 2tb HDDs in yesterday figured id bust em out and replace both 250HDDs and just remove the 120 so i can plug my other cd drive in. Well, the initial drive that XP was on, is now filled with 99% media, so i figured id take that one out, mirror the OS 120g to the new one, as well as any info thats on the other 250, then swap out that 250 for the other one, xfer all my media to the new drive, then eventually toss the 2ndary 2tb HDD in there and reorganize.
First hitch, when i removed the "original" OS drive, the one XP was on, it fails to load, it hangs on "K8 npt data change, update new data to DMI" (quoted loosely). So i figured that drive had something on it to point to the 120gb OS drive that 7 was now on, so i just did the same thing except with the other drive, and now i can get 7 to load going through the boot selector, like usual, but i cant see the new HD in windows explorer.
My experience level is competent, I've tossed some systems together, been able to figure out most things by googling.... Its probably something really stupid that i seem to be overlooking, any tips?
My end all choice is going to be to get a keyboard, futz with my BIOS settings, replace all HDs and just do a clean install, assuming at that point ive figured out why my PC wont recognize my drives.
Oh and if anyone has an old ps 2 keyboard laying around collecting dust, id be happy to take it off your hands... lol