i need some hard drive help!!!

trailrider894 · 05-07-2009, 06:00 PM

i just got a old Dell Dimension 4700. i took the hard drive out of my dimension 3000 to put in the 4700. well i opened the case up and found that the it only had one ide port and 3 sata ports and the only ide port was being used with the cd rom. i took the 40 wire cable out and replaced it with the 80 wire cable and tried hooking my cd-rom and the hard drive up on the same 80 wire cable. the computer came up with that it didn't have any hard drives connected. and the cd-rom wouldn't work either. but i have to have the cd-rom work and the hard drive so i can install a fresh copy of windows on it. HELP!!!

**belfasteddie** · 05-07-2009, 08:25 PM

The HD should be on the end connector and the Cd on the middle connector. The HD set as Master and the CD set as Slave. If you run a mix of Sata and Ide you will have to go into the Bios at Boot up to select Boot priority, so the comp knows which drive you want to boot to. Then select 1st boot, 2nd boot.

Tumbleweed36 · 05-07-2009, 09:01 PM

Just for clarity, do you have any Sata drives presently hooked up?

trailrider894 · 05-07-2009, 10:06 PM

no. no sata drives are present.

**ahmorrow** · 05-08-2009, 12:54 AM

So... ummm... did it work?

Tumbleweed36 · 05-08-2009, 05:00 AM

Just make sure as mentioned by Belfasteddie, that you deal with the jumpers on both drives. Then, go to the bios and make sure in the boot area that your boot order is set to:

CDRom - 1st
Floppy - 2nd
Hard Drive - 3rd

Then, check to make sure if you have a Hard Drive Priority, that the hard drive is listed FIRST in that area.

trailrider894 · 05-08-2009, 07:07 AM

sorry didn't work it just keeps saying " diskette 0 failure" strike f1 to continue and it freeze's

**raptor_pa** · 05-08-2009, 07:10 AM

Is there a disk in the floppy drive? Diskette implies it is trying to boot from eh floppy

trailrider894 · 05-08-2009, 07:31 AM

yes there is a floppy . turns out the power connector was unplugged.

trailrider894 · 05-08-2009, 07:32 AM

i'm in the process of trying again.

**ahmorrow** · 05-08-2009, 12:54 PM

Let us know, and don't forget to mark this as solved if it works.

05-07-2009, 06:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
trailrider894 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 38 OS: Window's XP Home SP2	i need some hard drive help!!! i just got a old Dell Dimension 4700. i took the hard drive out of my dimension 3000 to put in the 4700. well i opened the case up and found that the it only had one ide port and 3 sata ports and the only ide port was being used with the cd rom. i took the 40 wire cable out and replaced it with the 80 wire cable and tried hooking my cd-rom and the hard drive up on the same 80 wire cable. the computer came up with that it didn't have any hard drives connected. and the cd-rom wouldn't work either. but i have to have the cd-rom work and the hard drive so i can install a fresh copy of windows on it. HELP!!!

05-07-2009, 08:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
belfasteddie Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Belfast N.I. Posts: 1,551 OS: Puppy Linux 4.12	Re: i need some hard drive help!!! The HD should be on the end connector and the Cd on the middle connector. The HD set as Master and the CD set as Slave. If you run a mix of Sata and Ide you will have to go into the Bios at Boot up to select Boot priority, so the comp knows which drive you want to boot to. Then select 1st boot, 2nd boot.

05-07-2009, 09:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,650 OS: XP Professional	Re: i need some hard drive help!!! Just for clarity, do you have any Sata drives presently hooked up? __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.

05-07-2009, 10:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
trailrider894 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 38 OS: Window's XP Home SP2	Re: i need some hard drive help!!! no. no sata drives are present.

05-08-2009, 12:54 AM	#5 (permalink)
ahmorrow God (TSF Enthusiast) Join Date: May 2009 Location: Jeffersonville, IN Posts: 878 OS: Ubuntu 9.10 [Karmic Koala] My System	Re: i need some hard drive help!!! So... ummm... did it work? __________________ If I have not responded to a post in 24 hours or more, PM me with a link to the thread and I'll get back to you. I do not help via PM/IM/Email.

05-08-2009, 05:00 AM	#6 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,650 OS: XP Professional	Re: i need some hard drive help!!! Just make sure as mentioned by Belfasteddie, that you deal with the jumpers on both drives. Then, go to the bios and make sure in the boot area that your boot order is set to: CDRom - 1st Floppy - 2nd Hard Drive - 3rd Then, check to make sure if you have a Hard Drive Priority, that the hard drive is listed FIRST in that area. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.

05-08-2009, 07:07 AM	#7 (permalink)
trailrider894 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 38 OS: Window's XP Home SP2	Re: i need some hard drive help!!! sorry didn't work it just keeps saying " diskette 0 failure" strike f1 to continue and it freeze's

05-08-2009, 07:10 AM	#8 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,801 OS: XP	Re: i need some hard drive help!!! Is there a disk in the floppy drive? Diskette implies it is trying to boot from eh floppy __________________

05-08-2009, 07:31 AM	#9 (permalink)
trailrider894 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 38 OS: Window's XP Home SP2	Re: i need some hard drive help!!! yes there is a floppy . turns out the power connector was unplugged.

05-08-2009, 07:32 AM	#10 (permalink)
trailrider894 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 38 OS: Window's XP Home SP2	Re: i need some hard drive help!!! i'm in the process of trying again.

05-08-2009, 12:54 PM	#11 (permalink)
ahmorrow God (TSF Enthusiast) Join Date: May 2009 Location: Jeffersonville, IN Posts: 878 OS: Ubuntu 9.10 [Karmic Koala] My System	Re: i need some hard drive help!!! Let us know, and don't forget to mark this as solved if it works. __________________ If I have not responded to a post in 24 hours or more, PM me with a link to the thread and I'll get back to you. I do not help via PM/IM/Email.