Have you updated the Promise cards bios, drivers, lately..?
http://www.promise.com/support/downl...wnload_eng.asp
A nice diagnostic tool, it might help to id possible problems..
http://www.lavalys.com/products/down...?pid=1&lang=en
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"PCDJ SpYdeR" wrote:

> Ok,
> Here's the story. I have 2 different OS's on 2 different drives. The main is
> Win 2k Pro and the secondary is Win XP Pro. I just have so much on the Win 2k
> drive I kind of want to ease into an XP state of mind. Here's the issue. On
> the 2k Pro Drive I can see all of my hard drives (7 in all) including the
> secondary OS Drive, but when I boot to the XP drive I cannot see any of the
> other drives aside from the OS drive. I have looked in the device manager of
> XP and seen that all of the drives are there, I've go to the admin
> tools/computer management and see them there. I've even tried to copy the
> same access and control settings as the XP drive to all of the other drives
> on the system and still no luck. The primary OS drive is on the MB main IDE
> channel and I also have a 400gb drive on that same chain, neither can be seen
> with the secondary OS Drive. The remaining 4 drives are on a single promise
> card and are accessible on the primary OS drive but not the secondary. I've
> checked the device manager on the XP drive to ensure that all devices have
> been installed properly and that no unknown devices exist.
>
> I have tried everything that I can think of and I'm hoping its just some
> setting I'm forgetting. Can any one be of assistance?
>
>
> Thx for all the help
>