I had to replace my old computer. I am trying to reinstall a dual boot system on my computer. (Was XP and ETCH; but will now be Vista and ETCH). I have an ETCH system disk, and an encrypted back-up of my former Debian ETCH system that I want to use.

My new COMPAQ computer has two SATA connections, coming from the Hard drive and the CDROM; which go to two ports on the Motherboard.

I want to connect another SATA drive; and I bought a “Y” SATA power connection to accommodate it.

I installed a SATA Controller: RocketRAID 1742 (2 Internal SATA and 2 External eSATA. PCI SATA II RAID Controller).

The Rocket... has four connections on it; two of one type; and two of another.

I connected the drives' SATA connectors to their apparent ports on the Rocket...

http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/rr1742.htm (COM3 and COM4)

The Rocket... scanned for devices; but none were listed.

When booting I got the error “DISK BOOT FAILURE”

I returned the original drive's connector to the Motherboard; and disconnected the new drive from the Controller. Windows then booted with no problem.

Am I connecting to the Rocket... wrong?