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Simcut · 28-03-2008, 13:38

Hi guys, thanks for the quick replies. Seems like I'm posting issues on here every couple of months, bah! lol.

If I convert the drives to basic, they will reformat, there's no other way of doing that through Disk Management - and I obviously dont want to format the drives!!

I will check my BIOS configuration to see if its set up in a way that try's and makes the drives as RAID, which is why its not working. I bloody hope so anyway.

So, Disk 0 should always be the OS drive - I can sort that out. So therefore Disk 0 = SATAII0 slot on the mobo, right?

Will look at my mobo manual in a minute and post... Thx!

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Just an addition, the BIOS recognises all 3 drives, which is a good sign, so it suggests to me that the drives are not *******sed. I've also been able to see contents of the drives through "GetDataBack", so its accessible, just something doesnt seem right.

In terms of the 2 other hard drives, it wouldnt matter what order they are in, correct?

Also, on my motherboard, are there any of those SATA slots that are orange, that are specifically for RAID? my mobo manual suggets there isnt .

28-03-2008, 13:38	#6
Simcut Inactive Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hertford, Hertfordshire Age: 43 Services: 120mbit Virgin Media Cable Sky Digital Package (Sky+) Posts: 691	Re: New PC not recognising 2 of my 3 hard drives, showing as "unreadable" in Windows. Hi guys, thanks for the quick replies. Seems like I'm posting issues on here every couple of months, bah! lol. If I convert the drives to basic, they will reformat, there's no other way of doing that through Disk Management - and I obviously dont want to format the drives!! I will check my BIOS configuration to see if its set up in a way that try's and makes the drives as RAID, which is why its not working. I bloody hope so anyway. So, Disk 0 should always be the OS drive - I can sort that out. So therefore Disk 0 = SATAII0 slot on the mobo, right? Will look at my mobo manual in a minute and post... Thx! ---------- Post added at 12:38 ---------- Previous post was at 12:24 ---------- Just an addition, the BIOS recognises all 3 drives, which is a good sign, so it suggests to me that the drives are not *******sed. I've also been able to see contents of the drives through "GetDataBack", so its accessible, just something doesnt seem right. In terms of the 2 other hard drives, it wouldnt matter what order they are in, correct? Also, on my motherboard, are there any of those SATA slots that are orange, that are specifically for RAID? my mobo manual suggets there isnt .