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Old 10-06-2007, 08:24 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I have added two each hard drives to my system, with a total of three each os. Not sure why, but for some reason after a reboot it now take forever to boot off the Compaq screen. I am using Acronis O/S to boot into my computer, but it still goes into the Windows O/S selection screen anyway. What might I have done, to create this mess? What might I do to fix it?
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Old 10-07-2007, 05:30 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: confused

which type of hard drive configuration do you have ??????


please explain which type each hard drive is (IDE or Sata) IDE drive has the 2 inch wide flat ribbon data cable ...... sata has the 1/2 inch wide data cable

which drives are connected to which motherboard ports


off hand, you cant have two bootable hard drives on the same IDE connector I dont believe anyway I have always avoided such a set-up ??????

tell us about your jumpers >>>> did you set your jumpers to master and slave if these are IDE drives ?
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Old 10-07-2007, 06:35 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: confused

Thanks, This is not what I was trying to do, but after removing all components from the back of my computer and relocating the computer to a different area, and also changing out my monitor with a different one, the damn thing works fine now. I push the start button and BLAAAAM, where off and running. Don't ask me why this may have fixed the problem, all I know is that it works fine. This has happened in the past with another computer that I have, and it to seemed to straighten it self out, and this was after trying to find a solution. I would still like to know what causes a hung start. It can be very frustrating when in a hurry. Thanks for the quick responds. Oh, about the set up. One each SATA, and Two each IDE, Cable select. I have two drives running off the IDE ribbon in cable select mode. If I remember wright, Pro is on the drive set up as SATA. I am using Acronis OS select . Now for some reason windows steps up and after I make my selection with Acronis it boots into the Windows OS select screen. If I boot into Windows XP Pro, it goes straight into the windows screen. I would assume Pro is first to be recognized as the primary OS. Hell... to be honest with you, I don't have a clue. You have most probable figured that out by now. If you would, I sure would like to know what to do in order to stay away from this problem.
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