Long time no see to the ones I know and hi to the rest of you :)) I've recently purchased a Dell Precision 370 that has a SATA drive. I finally got it formatted and partitioned and XP installed on it. I have an LG H22L DVD Burner (that works fine) as the only other hardware in my case. When I try to install another HD on the slave end of the IDE cable, suddenly I lose both the DVD and HD. I was wondering if there's a trick to this, as I've never had a workstation before nor a SATA drive. This has been a huge learning experience for me, but Im having a hard time figuring out why I lose both "drives" if I add an IDE hard drive. ANY help will be greatly appreciated and forgive me if I mucked up explaining this. Just ask and I'll see if I can answer your questions to help me :)) SheDevil -- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/