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big thanks to all who helped, problem sorted and im starting to recover the lost files.it was the chipset and silicon drivers ...once i installed them the 36.7GB HD appeared by magic :) ta,.

thanks for all the help much appreciated ,,,my fault should have said the mobo is a ;- ABIT NF7-S not a GIGABYTE so is that the correct silicon driver ?. sorry bout that

its a gigabyte NF7-S when i install XP i do hit "F6" and install drivers and all's well , but its when i boot the 250GB HD on IDE thats the problem.it doesnt see the 36.7GB WD raptor HD. thanks,.

when i boot from the 250gb IDE hard drive as the main OS , no i cant see it. its like its the 36.7GB SATA drive is not connected , nowere to be seen anywere.its ok when i boot the 36.GB SATA as the main OS i can see both drives in disk managemet and device manager and my comp the only other...

no the 36.7gb ata drive on SATA doesnt show in disk management at all when i boot up using the 250GB as the main os.thats the problem , i cant see it so if i cant see it i cant do anything with it like scan for formatted files as the programs installed on the 250gb dont see the 36.7gb when i ask...

Hi, my main HD is a ata 36.7GB WD on SATA (OS XP PRO)but i lost some files (long story ) and i need to recover them.i then decided to boot my 250GB running on IDE HDO .problem is when i boot the 250GB i cant XP doesnt see or recognise the 36.7GB on SATA but wehen i boot the 36.7GB it see's the...