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The ide configuration tag covers issues related to setting up and troubleshooting IDE (PATA/EIDE) hard drives and optical drives in Windows systems, particularly Windows 7. Common topics include BIOS detection of IDE drives, jumper settings for master/slave configurations, and conflicts when mixing IDE and SATA drives. Users often face problems where Windows does not recognize all installed IDE drives or where optical drives on the same IDE cable are not accessible. The tag also addresses drive letter assignments and disk management order when IDE and SATA drives are combined. These discussions focus on legacy hardware configuration and compatibility within modern Windows environments.
  1. EdAWood

    Windows 7 Win 7 Does Not Recognize All Installed Harddrives

    Hey all, I have recently installed Windows 7 Ultimate on my barebones system that I built. A physical descriptions is: Gigabyte GL-P945-PL-S3 Motherboard with an Intel Dual Core Processer running @ 2.3ghz Three (3) internal hdd. One (1) 1tb SATA, One (1) 250gb SATA, and...
    • EdAWood
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    • bios disk management drive recognition drivers eide external drive hard drive hardware ide configuration installation issues internal drive partition pata sata settings storage issues system build troubleshooting usb drives windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  2. M

    Windows 7 secondary master IDE HDD + slave IDE DVD-RW = problem?

    Hello. I tried to configure a PC with W7 like this: c:\|d:\ SATAII HDD (two partitions) e:\ IDE HDD f:\ IDE DVD-RW I couldn't. Or could I? I did it but... albeit showing all the drives in the esplorer tree I couldn't explore the DVD I put in. But I could in the command prompt... The board...
    • mehrlicht
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    • admin tools asus p5ql pro bios settings burning capability command prompt computer setup device recognition disk management drive letter dvd-rw error file explorer fixes ide configuration ide drive jumper settings pc configuration sata drive troubleshooting user experience windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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