[jell0r]

OK first of all hi
my first post on forums after just registering, have used the info on here more that once to help me out of a problem or two and its been a great source of help

i finally have a problem i cant find any help on

Simply my PC has been taking a while to boot, sometimes not posting on first try (seemed it may have been a PSU issue)
now though once it has booted into the welcome screen for windows its started taking a little while for my icons and desktop image to appear and on my task bar its showing that my three internal hard drives are showing as USB devices and i can 'safely remove them'
its got me stumped any help would be appreciated

thanks
jell0r

[Rich-M]

Are they sata drives or ide drives?
Welcome to TSG and a suggestion I can make is when you post a question about hardware, if you state your hardware, you will have a much faster response and far fewer "fact finding" questions detracting from the possibility oif an answer.

[jell0r]

well on closer inspection its my 2 SATA drives that are showing as USB my IDE drive is fine
also if is any help my motherboard is a ASUS m2n32-sli deluxe, i've tried reinstalling the SATA controller but that hasnt helped

[Rich-M]

Check the bios settings that sata drives are enabled.

[jell0r]

the bios is showing everything as it should be SATA enabled
im guessing maybe a software problem?, something in XP not running properly

[Rich-M]

There are some boards that in the past have shown sata drives as removable and for the lie of me I don't remember the reason or if there is a solution.