problem detecting ide hdds with asus p5w

hi all,
i've recently built this system:
e6600
asus p5w deluxe
2 gig g.skill 6400
2xoptical drives
7 hdds.

5 of the hdd are sata drives. Which can be seen in windows xp pro sp2. 2 out of 5 i have created a raid 0 using ez manager (plugged into the two orange ports on the mobo).
I have a 750gig hdd which is plugged into the lone sata port near the cpu.

When i boot up the bios splash screen detects all hdds. If i go into bios i can see all the hdds including the ide ones.
After the bios splash screen a heading with jmicron controller pops up. It lists the 2 ide hdds with their capacities and the 750 gig hdd. All 3 has "non raid" as a label after them.

BUT in xp pro the ide hdds are nowhere to be seen!

Any ideas?

thanks

Go Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Storage > Disk Management(Local)

Does it appear there? if so you simply need to assign it a drive letter :)

If it doesn't recognise the file system there, then you have problems. (ie shows the drives as unformatted).

If it doesn't show the drives at all, then we know its a BIOS configuration issue :)

Dave

thankfully it didn't appear unformatted in windows just not at all lol

Turns out it was a bios issue, just messed about til it worked :mrgreen:

Time for a beer to celebrate.

Sounds good, wheres mine? :P

I had put it in your fridge. Has someone nicked it already!:lol: