difference in these harddrives?

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  1. born2ride

    born2ride Regular member

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    i dont know. will check on reboot. the pc at this piont sees the drive and i am formating now. but i move the connector around to get it working but lost my dvd drive.
     
    born2ride, Nov 28, 2007
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    those extra sata ports might have to be enabled in the bios. what is the make & model# of that dell?
     
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    xps410 is that all you need?
    yes it appears in bios
     
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    So the drives appear in the BIOS but not in windows?
     
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    i turned on the sata port 3 in bios . put back the connectors in the order i found them from factory.
    it all is working now. i have both harddrives and both dvd drives back.
    wow that was a really easy fix..
    i hope this is the last two question on this but we will see

    1 Do I need to change the boot up on this new drive it is list last in bios menu after usb ports?

    2 How can i get the boot screen to stop so i can take a pic .There is something that caught my eye. i would like to post it and see if there is a concern.

    edit spelling
    thanks again.....
     
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  7. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    Stop the POST screen? Go to the BIOS and turn on 'halt if no keyboard'. Then restart the PC and unplug the keyboard. The PC should go "Keyboard error!" and stop in its tracks.
     
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    yes i would like to pause or stop the pc from booting at a certain frame. if possible.

    edit missing words
     
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    can do that in the boot sequence in the bios. hit the "pause" key to stop the posting.
     
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    ddp
    ok thank you. i am not too familiar with the bios.i just been lucky lately.
    so get into bios by f2 or f12 then i would be looking for boot sequence?
     
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    1:Turn on (or restart) your computer.
    2:When the blue DELL™ logo is displayed, watch for the F2 prompt to appear.
    3:Once the F2 prompt appears, press <F2> immediately.

    Changing Boot Sequence for Future Boots
    1:Enter system setup (see Entering System Setup).
    2:Use the arrow keys to highlight the Boot Sequence menu option, then press <Enter> to access the menu.
    NOTE: Write down your current boot sequence in case you want to restore it.
    3:press the up- and down-arrow keys to move through the list of devices.
    4:press the spacebar to enable or disable a device. Enabled devices have a number assigned to them; disabled devices have no number assigned.
    5:press <U> or <D> to move a selected device up or down the list.

    this is from the link i posted earlier


     
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    it makes more sense now since you explained it. trying to navaigate though bios last night was interesting and a little difficult.
    when i get home i will try it and let you know..
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    i just copied & pasted from my link.
     
    ddp, Nov 29, 2007
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  14. tripplite

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    i haven't read the hole forum, what i say might have been repeated

    this one is the one you should go for
    http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...etail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=A0648544
    i encounter more problems with segate then WD, as for spec's the WD,: is SATA, its DTR (data transfer rate)is much greater then that of the segate, the segate is running the old version ATA

    find out if your computer can run SATA, sata is very new so some old pc wont support it

    the three things you should look for when HD shopping is
    1) size and price, dollar/euro per gig should be at no more then 80cents a gig,
    2) brand, don't buy used HD off ebay by the way
    3) SATA/ATA, and size of the physical drive(will it fit in desired chasity)

    THIS DRIVE YOU POSTED IS THE BIGGEST RIP OFF EVER, WHO? WOULD BUY IT, good for you asking
    http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...etail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=341-4166
     
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    born2ride Regular member

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    i guess by itself the information is not overwhelming.i see it now..
    this pic shows what caught my eye i don't remember seeing the non raid disc in green letters on previous boots.
    i guess it was there. port 0 is the main drive i believe .
    [​IMG]

    the last thing is there an better order to boot the drives up in? or it does not really matter.

    the pause button worked excellent!!
    thanks
     
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  16. tripplite

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    that ddp for ya!
     
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  17. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    try changing the drive cables around so that the wd is on port 1 & the 2 rom drives are on ports 2 & 3 as long as the bios sees them. other then that it shouldn't matter. don't buy the drives from dell as they don't make them, get them from your local computer store or online.
     
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    ddp thanks alot.
    tomorrow night i will move the cables around. and do a follow up
     
    born2ride, Nov 29, 2007
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    Non-RAID disk is nothing to worry about, you don't need to use RAID in your position anyway.
     
    sammorris, Nov 30, 2007
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    just a follow up for you.
    i moved the drives around. port 0-stock hd,port1- wd hd,port2 is my top dvd drive and port3 is my lower dvd drive
    all read correct in bios and seems to be working well!
    thank you for your help ddp and sammorris.
    mike
     
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