booting problem

ekcivic2000 · 08-17-2008, 02:28 AM

okay, i was using a 300g drive everything boot fine, but now i got 40g hd and i want to boot from the 40g and set the 300g as slave...i tried settin both drive to cable select, the 300g keep on bootin (starting up), tried settin jumper 40g to master n 300g to slave, the 40g boot but no 300g drive....can somebody help?

~~wiseleo~~ · 08-17-2008, 04:53 AM

Let me see if I can decipher this message.

Before:

Only 300GB drive. No other drives. Boots fine.

After:

40GB drive proposed boot drive, 300GB drive proposed data drive.

If both set to CS, 300GB boots.
If 40GB Master and 300GB Slave, the 300GB drive does not appear? - this does not make sense.

Reason:

The boot order in BIOS is likely to be incorrect.

Suggestion:

This arrangement is a downgrade. The 40GB drive will be slower than your 300GB drive, so it won't gain you anything. Exactly why do you want to do this? Are you out of space on the 300GB drive?

ekcivic2000 · 08-17-2008, 11:29 AM

bios doesnt even pick up the 300g when set jumper to slave

~~wiseleo~~ · 08-17-2008, 12:08 PM

What are the exact model numbers of these drives?

My suggestion would be to keep 300GB as Master due to its newer controller. You can still set the BIOS boot order to boot from the 40GB Slave.

This appears to be a jumpers set incorrectly problem. If both were set to CS, both will appear in BIOS, right? In that case, keep them that way and set your 40GB drive as the boot drive in BIOS.

08-17-2008, 02:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
ekcivic2000 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Corinth, TX Posts: 27 OS: xp sp2	booting problem okay, i was using a 300g drive everything boot fine, but now i got 40g hd and i want to boot from the 40g and set the 300g as slave...i tried settin both drive to cable select, the 300g keep on bootin (starting up), tried settin jumper 40g to master n 300g to slave, the 40g boot but no 300g drive....can somebody help?

08-17-2008, 04:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
~~wiseleo~~ Troubled Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 461 OS: Win 2003 SP2 My System	Re: booting problem Let me see if I can decipher this message. Before: Only 300GB drive. No other drives. Boots fine. After: 40GB drive proposed boot drive, 300GB drive proposed data drive. If both set to CS, 300GB boots. If 40GB Master and 300GB Slave, the 300GB drive does not appear? - this does not make sense. Reason: The boot order in BIOS is likely to be incorrect. Suggestion: This arrangement is a downgrade. The 40GB drive will be slower than your 300GB drive, so it won't gain you anything. Exactly why do you want to do this? Are you out of space on the 300GB drive?

08-17-2008, 11:29 AM	#3 (permalink)
ekcivic2000 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Corinth, TX Posts: 27 OS: xp sp2	Re: booting problem bios doesnt even pick up the 300g when set jumper to slave

08-17-2008, 12:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
~~wiseleo~~ Troubled Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 461 OS: Win 2003 SP2 My System	Re: booting problem What are the exact model numbers of these drives? My suggestion would be to keep 300GB as Master due to its newer controller. You can still set the BIOS boot order to boot from the 40GB Slave. This appears to be a jumpers set incorrectly problem. If both were set to CS, both will appear in BIOS, right? In that case, keep them that way and set your 40GB drive as the boot drive in BIOS.