Hi all I installed a new Samsung SP1614N 160gig hd, and wanted to keep my second hard drive a Maxtor 20gig to store files and such, however with the 2 drives installed i cant boot past the splash screen, i have jumpered the new drive as master and the second drive which doesnt have an OS installed as slave. I was using this configuration with my old HD without any problems, have i the drive jumpered wrong should i set both as cable select? I can do without the 20 gig drive if it will save a lot of hassle but i would like to get the files transferred onto the new drive Any help greatly appreciated
how many ide drives do you have as can put each hd as master on each ide port & the rom drive(s) as slave to each hd
Hi I have 2 drives and i also installed a new dvd rewriter a nec 3540 drive as well which i set as slave, i thought this might have been the problem??? i changed this to master and set the other dvd drive as slave when i removed the other hd, so that might have also been the problem. I have been using a second drive as a backup for years without any problems, could it be the rewriter that could have been the problem? I suppose the only real way to test it is to install the second drive and see what happens,i'll report back
Hi Quick update i reinstalled the second hard drive and rebooted the machine 6 times without a problem. The problem must have been with the NEC3540 being set as slave, sorry i never mentioned it in the first post i didnt think that it was in any way related, but i seem to have been proven wrong
