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    Windows 7 Switch C: drive

    I have a home-built system with a Gigabyte MA74GM-S2 M/B & 2gb memory. My C: drive or drive #1is connected with an ATA and I have a second SATA drive # 0 H/D . My questionis since my Win 7 O/S is installed on the ATA drive can I designate the SATAdrive for the O/S? Thanks, Bob
    • Bobcoop103
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    • ata drive c drive gigabyte home built memory motherboard operating system sata drive storage windows 7
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 7 System Partition

    I have little knowledge when it comes to changing hardware, just putting that out there. Back when 7 was released as an RC, I had it installed on my secondary office computer on it's original 40 GB sata drive. When I got the full version when it was released, I decided to add another drive...
    • The Q
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    • ata drive bios settings boot issues computer hardware hard drive sata drive storage upgrade system partition tech support windows 7
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows 7 INternal Hard Drive

    I have an ATA internal drive I use as back up and it shows fine on windows 7 32 bit but not on the 64 bit? It shows in the listed devices as active and I can populate it but it won't show in explorer or my computer so I can access files on it. Thanks for your help.
    • wwoodman
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    • 64 bit ata drive backup device recognition explorer file access internal drive windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 7 Win7 not seeing Sata Drive

    I have both a Sata (Seagate 500mB) and ATA Samsung installed in my computer. Vista installed on the Sata without problem and sees my ATA which I use mostly for backups. When I ran the install for Win 7 I installed on the ATA, install did not see the Sata. Now up and running I still cannot see...
    • thomsonr2000
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    • ata drive bios settings computer hardware device manager disk drives driver issues file recovery hard drive issues installation problems media files msi motherboard raid controller sata drive seagate drive storage controllers storage solutions troubleshooting vista compatibility windows 7 yellow exclamation
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support