Hi.
I was recently given an old hard drive. I connected it to my old PC but it would not boot from it. I then discovered that it is a SCSI hard drive. Are certain motherboards not compatible with SCSI hard drives? Do I need to make certain adjustments in the BIOS? My original hard drive for my old PC is not a SCSI hard drive and works fine.

I connected it to my old PC but it would not boot from it. I then discovered that it is a SCSI hard drive.

SCSI drives use SCSI connectors - how did you physically install it?

Drivers need to be installed - for XP, this is typically done during the install process when prompted to press F6 to install SCSI drivers.

See Radified Guide to SCSI: Tutorial on to How to Install a SCSI hard drive

Originally Posted by Digerati

SCSI drives use SCSI connectors - how did you physically install it?

Drivers need to be installed - for XP, this is typically done during the install process when prompted to press F6 to install SCSI drivers.

See Radified Guide to SCSI: Tutorial on to How to Install a SCSI hard drive

Thank you Digerati for the guide link. The SCSI drive did connect securely. That seems strange.