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Try hitting the F11 key while it is bootin up.
--- Venkat Viswanathan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> a friend gave me a new seagate 160gb hdd. since...
> (1)i didn't have any imm. need
> (2)i also didn't have extra IDE connection (all 4 on
> mobo full)
> (3) didn't want to go in for external enclosure...
>
> i just bought a PCI to IDE converter card and hooked
> up the HDD (raw..without format /partitioning) and
> booted up.
>
> all fine BUT my o/s (winxp pro) load time has more
> than trebled compared to without the new HDD.
>
> steps...
>
> detect IDE drives/listing primary ULTIMA
> ...../blinking cursor at top left/ a horizontal load
> bar/winxp load bar/desktop....all takes about 3
> minutes as against just a minute or less earlier.
>
> device manager shows the new HDD as SCSI disk device
> and it has a new entry
> "SCSI &RAID controller" = Aralion Ultima Raid 100
> controller(WHQL)
>
> disk management shows my first HDD (with o/s) as "
> disk 0 (with all 3 partitions) and the new one as
> disk 1 149 GB " unallocated"
>
> in BIOS boot options i find the new HDD listed as
> "RAID CARD"
>
> BUT in "my computer" i can not find the new HDD.
> only the old one with 3 partitions, cdrom, cdrw,
> dvdrw, floppy.
>
> question is
>
> (1) how do i access the new drive? through "disk
> management and after format/partition etc..??? will
> it show up in my computer.
>
> (2) is the delay in o/s load time because the new
> drive is RAW??
>
> now... i didn't bargain/ nor do i know anything
> about RAID/SCSI.
>
> any input on o/s load time delay will be greatly
> appreciated
>
> thanks, Venkat
>
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