Re: SATA drive no longer detected by BIOS

Arno Wagner wrote in news:5qdajlFvjecqU2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Previously Rita Ä Berkowitz <ritaberk2O04 @aol.com> wrote:
ohaya wrote:

Anyway, after plugging the USB drive in again tonight, I immediately
started having problems with the PATA drives. One of them, a 200GB
Samsung originally had 4 partitions on it. After plugging the USB
drive in, and booting the system, that 200GB drive now has only the
1st partition. In Disk Management, the rest of the drive is shown as
"Unallocated".

At this point, I am totally puzzled about what the XXXX is going on,
and my system is seriously crippled :(...

I think I see your problem. If you want 100% reliability and better
performance you should dump all SATA and start fresh with a nice new U320
SCSI system. SATA is still in its infancy and the manufacturers are still
shaking the bugs out. You can expect a lot of quirkiness from SATA for the
next 10 years.

That is complete nonsense. An issue with disappearing partitions,
but not disappearing disks, has no connection to the interface
technology being used. This happens on an entirely different layer.

Also, SCSI, while nice, will not fix any OS or software issues.

Another babblebot 'aha' moment, no doubt.


Arno

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