I installed a new sata hard drive recently and in the motherboard bios the drives are listed in the correct order. But in Windows XP64, under Disk Management, 2 of my drives show in the wrong order.

sata1 C: in bios------>disk0 C: in disk management ========== Correct

sata2 D: in bios------>disk1 E: in disk management ==========\ These 2 are in the wrong order...

sata3 E: in bios------>disk2 D: in disk management ==========/ How do I get the to be reconized like they are in the bios?

sata4 F: in bios------>disk3 F: in disk management ========== Correct

I tried connecting all my drives one at a time. At first drive D: shows up as disk1, but as soon as I connect drive E: and reboot there switched again??? This is absolutely maddening. I suppose I'd have to completely reinstall windows to get them to show correctly?

Disk Management - Right-Click Change Drive Letter...

Sata2 to X

Sata3 to D

Sata2 to E

Note that the Drive Letters are the Partitions, not the actual HDD...

You had the right idea already Defiantx... moving back to x64.

Thank you Tripredacus, wasn't sure if it was strictly a 64 or 32 bit problem. or both??

I did manage to get it to work by switching the sata cables on ports 2 and 3 on the motherboard (Hard Drives D: and E: in Windows). I double checked my motherboard user guide (P5QC) and there listed as:

1-2

3-4

5-6

So in order for Windows to see them in order, 2 and 3 have to be switched in bios, making them out of order there. Weird?

Anyways, thanks for the help all, problem solved...close if you like.

Edited October 23, 200916 yr by DEFIANTx