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| 1159938 | 2010-12-08 20:22:00 | When I connect a second HD, the PC will not boot up - not even into the BIOS screen (via DEL). The second HD has two partitions, one containing WinXP. The PC's ,main HD is also WinXP. I have a third HD with data only (no OS), and I am able to get data off it no problem when connecting to the same PC. Is there any way that the data from the second HD can be read? I believe that having two OS's on two different HD's will create a conflict, and this is why the PC will not boot up - is this correct? If booting via a Linux CD is the only way possible, I would need to know what Linux version to download, etc. Thanks |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 1159939 | 2010-12-08 20:25:00 | If they're IDE make sure they're jumpered properly. if you're putting them on the same IDE connection / on another IDE connection with something else on it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1159940 | 2010-12-08 20:45:00 | Since the other drive has only data I would assume it was previously set as a slave drive (as speedy said) take the drive out and look at the jumper settings. also note that for some drives the slave mode is no jumper, in that case take the jumper pin out (but keep it in case, eg tape to the drive. Jumper settings will be on a sticker on the drive, usually the top. | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1159941 | 2010-12-08 20:49:00 | Are they IDE or SATA | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1159942 | 2010-12-08 20:54:00 | Are they IDE or SATA The 2 spare HD's are SATA. The PC is old, with a 20 Gb HD so I assume it is IDE - it has a different power connector and also an old style flat ribbon cable (sorry, I do not know the proper names). |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 1159943 | 2010-12-08 21:00:00 | If they're IDE make sure they're jumpered properly. if you're putting them on the same IDE connection / on another IDE connection with something else on it Since the other drive has only data I would assume it was previously set as a slave drive (as speedy said) take the drive out and look at the jumper settings. also note that for some drives the slave mode is no jumper, in that case take the jumper pin out (but keep it in case, eg tape to the drive. Jumper settings will be on a sticker on the drive, usually the top. The two spare HD's are 500 Gb Seagate Barracudas. I cannot recall what a jumper looks like - where do I look? BTW, I have to return the old PC now (borrowed from a business), so will resume fiddling this evening, but of course I still have the spare Seagate HD's. The Seagates are from my old P4 desktop - I believe the ASUS mobo is faulty as it will not boot (I had a separate thread on this about 2 weeks ago, and will revive that thread soon along with a new thread on what new mobo to get). |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 1159944 | 2010-12-08 21:04:00 | The two spare HD's are 500 Gb Seagate Barracudas. I cannot recall what a jumper looks like - where do I look? At the back, where you connect the IDE cable / power. If theres a jumper, it maybe yellow/black or blue |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1159945 | 2010-12-08 21:11:00 | The sata drives won't have jumpers | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1159946 | 2010-12-08 21:15:00 | Remove the 2 sata drives from the boot menu! | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1159947 | 2010-12-08 21:26:00 | Does the motherboard support SATA 1 or 2? And are the SATA hdd's SATA 1 or 2? If the mobo only supports SATA 1, and the hdds are SATA 2, you have to jumper the SATA's to SATA 1 / 150 |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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