i have recently accquired a SATA 2 western digital 250GB HDD, but all my data is in my SATA maxtor 200gb HDD. After installing win xp pro in the WDC HDD (master drive), i tried to use the maxtor hdd. Though on a couple of occasions i could not get the mobo to detect it but it still could detect after a few times. But the strange phenomenon occurred, i could not see the hardware name of my secondary HDD which was the maxtor hdd - forgot to highlight it was a secondary hdd previously. My best guess at it would be SATA 2 & SATA 1 do not operate amicably in the same environment. Would anyone kindly direct me to solve this issue thanks!


Shot at 2007-06-28

After i screenshot this above pic, not long about 15 minutes later this additional error message popped-up and after i have checked my desktop. I found out my secondary HDD was missing, this greatly perturbed me would anyone kindly enlighten me?


Shot at 2007-06-28

Oye,

Either your drive isn't properly plugged in, or it's not working properly (hardware failure). I checked around and SATA1 and SATA2 drives should have no problems working together happilly.