"Ken" <noreply@charter.net> wrote in message
news:w0FXj.13$aq.12@newsfe05.lga...
>I purchased a mobile rack and three interchangeable trays for storing data
>I don't need very often. I installed it first in my Windows 2000 system
>and it functions just fine--the disks are recognized when inserted and the
>powered up, and I can interchange them at will without problems.
>
> I recently built a new system based on Windows XP SP3. I purchased a
> second mobile rack for that unit with the expectation that I could use the
> mobile hdd's in either workstation.
>
> On the XPstation I have a C: drive active partition, a D: DVD writer, an
> E: partition (on the same drive as the C: drive) and an F: drive on its
> own partition (separate drive). I have 6 SATA connectors on my Intel
> DP35DP mb with the DVD writer on the first, disk 0 on the second, disk 1
> on the third, and the mobile rack on the fourth (as they appear in the
> BIOS)
>
> When I insert the tray/drive into the internal mobile rack into the XP
> unit, one of two things happens:
> 1. the drive is not recognized
> 2. the drive is recognized but my drive letter for my DVD writer is
> reassigned from D: to G: drive.
> 3. the mobile rack is not recognized in the BIOS as existingMobile
>
> I thought it was the cables, but that is not an issue. I thought it was
> the connectors, but those are not the issue. It is not the units, as both
> mobile racks work in the Win2K station without problem. Thinking it might
> be data written to the hdd by Win2K that was causing the problem, I
> reformatted the disks, but that did not help.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions? Is there something that needs to be
> changed in the BIOS of the new Intel motherboard? Is this a problem with
> the mobile rack that is installed in my XP machine? (the unit in the
> Win2K machine is IDE and in the XP machine it is a SATA connection)
>
> Thanks

Since the SATA rack system is being flaky, not the ide one you use on the 2K
system; the ide one is not an issue. There is a 2K problem with NTFS prior
to 2K SP2 for XP.

As far as utilization and connection, I would use the traditional onboard
hard disks, DVD/CD, then, removable media order for connections order.

In XP, I would reassign the DVD to some other drive letter that you probably
will never use. S: or T: for instance. I do this from the git-go
immediately after installing XP myself.
--
Dave

Parkinson's disease, not easy to define.
Much less cure.