homer2288

Yes check your bios settings for boot device priority. Make sure the sata drive is the 1st boot device. I've just setup new pc with sata drive and the system starts up pretty quick...but as soon as i plug in my ide drive it stays at the initial boot screen for almost a minute then it starts up. It sometimes doesnt detect the ide drive. Is this a compatibility issue? In windows xp, i went into computer management and found that the ide drive is disk 0 and sata drive is disk 1. I have tried wacking the ide drive into 2ndry ide and it is still the same. I wonder if anyone had this problem? The system runs very happily and quickly just on sata alone. :x