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Thread ID: 9443	2001-05-27 11:04:00	Removing hard drive	Guest (0)	Press F1

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13261	2001-05-27 11:04:00	I'm trying to remove one of two hard drives installed in a P100 running Win98 SE. After removing one HDD leaving the remaining one on the end of the ribbon cable and the jumper set for a single disk drive. Then using autodetect in the bios so only one remaining HDD is detected, windows loads but locks up immediately on trying to access the hard drive for any reason, except in Safe Mode where it runs OK. If I put the other HDD back in and autodetect it, then windows runs perfectly. I reinstalled Win98 SE with only the one HDD installed thinking it must be a software issue but the result is the same, any suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks..	Guest (0)
13262	2001-05-28 01:52:00	I could be a system file that has been set to use the second drive. In the control panel/system, check the virtual memory settings to see if the 'D' drive is being used. If so, change it to only use the 'C' drive.	Guest (0)
13263	2001-05-28 03:48:00	I checked that this morning its set to C: drive, I had a suggestion elsewhere that fromatting the c drive prior to reinstalling the OS is the correct thing to do, I'm reluctant due to losing my current setup but may have to eventually. Thanks for you comment much appreciated	Guest (0)
13264	2001-05-28 04:27:00	Check also to see that there are no programs in your startup folder that could be trying to find the d: Also go into the bios, and check in the very first entry on the left side - check that the drive has actually been removed by the autodetect process. Also - where there any programs installed to your old drive - or was it only data files?	Guest (0)
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