Don,
In the Dell BIOS for the Optiplex 745:
- Go to "Drives" and expand the list
- Scroll down to "SATA Operation"
- There should be two options "Normal" and "Legacy"
Selecting "Legacy" and rebooting should allow your imaging software to see the drive.
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Stephen Bogdanski
Network Support
College of Veterinary Medicine
Michigan State University
>>> On 9/6/2007 at 3:07 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The BIOS in the new Dell machines that are SATA only, don't have a
> legacy mode or connectors.
>
> Thanks.
> Don
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Bogdanski [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 1:34 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]; Bosman, Don
> Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Imaging tools for fully SATA workstations
> andlaptops?
>
> Most systems that have SATA drives usually have an option in the BIOS
> that allows for a "legacy" mode of access. I know Dell has this and it
> should allow imaging and setup applications to see the drive. However,
> you'd want to switch this back after you are done, just in case it
> affects performance.
> --
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