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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

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
j;-j

"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
>

What position and controller is secondary OS HDD?

Probaly need to install driver for Promise card on secondary OS HDD.

--
Dennis S.
I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.


"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
>