HD problem

vittu · 04-25-2005, 08:30 PM

ok, I got a old PC circa 1999 from a friend, everything on it worked fine until i tried to install a cd drive in it (it didint come with one) Now its just ignoring any hardrives I put in it, I tried removing the cd drive but it still won't read any hardrives. is it possible that the cd-rom messed some bios settings, any help would be very much appreciated.

crazijoe · 04-25-2005, 08:35 PM

Check and make sure your jumpers are configured correctly. (Master / Slave)

vittu · 04-25-2005, 08:40 PM

the jumpers are set to master, every time it boots to a hardrive it always says "disk boot failure insert system disk"

crazijoe · 04-25-2005, 08:56 PM

Does the HDD show in the BIOS?

vittu · 04-25-2005, 09:38 PM

nope, it just says "none"

**koala** · 04-26-2005, 04:48 AM

Does Auto-Detect find anything? www.d-a-l.com/auto-detect.php
If the HD isn't showing up in BIOS, check it's connected properly to the PSU and motherboard or try another ribbon cable.

crazijoe · 04-26-2005, 05:29 AM

I would try the drive in a different machine. Either the drive is bad or the controller is bad.

vittu · 04-26-2005, 11:59 AM

i removed the battery and put it backin, so now i have windows back up with the cd-rom drive working. the only problem now is that it says that the harddrive is a secondary master, is that going to be a problem or can I just leave it like that?

crazijoe · 04-26-2005, 12:10 PM

That shouldn't be a problem. If you want to change it just swap the primary IDE cable and the secondary IDE cables around on the MB.

**koala** · 04-26-2005, 12:11 PM

If you've only got 1 hard drive and 1 CD, put the HD on IDE-0 as master and the CD on IDE-1 as master. Both on IDE-0 as master and slave could slow things down.
edit: sorry crazijoe, you beat me to it

04-25-2005, 08:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
vittu Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4 OS: win98	HD problem ok, I got a old PC circa 1999 from a friend, everything on it worked fine until i tried to install a cd drive in it (it didint come with one) Now its just ignoring any hardrives I put in it, I tried removing the cd drive but it still won't read any hardrives. is it possible that the cd-rom messed some bios settings, any help would be very much appreciated.

04-25-2005, 08:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
crazijoe Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Omaha, The Center of the Universe Posts: 7,632 OS: WinXP, Win2K3 My System	Check and make sure your jumpers are configured correctly. (Master / Slave) __________________ Microsoft MCSA + Messaging, MVP, A+, Network+ http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3...other/Help.jpg Do you want a real Republican? HDD diagnostic tools / HDD data recovery software

04-25-2005, 08:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
crazijoe Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Omaha, The Center of the Universe Posts: 7,632 OS: WinXP, Win2K3 My System	Does the HDD show in the BIOS? __________________ Microsoft MCSA + Messaging, MVP, A+, Network+ http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3...other/Help.jpg Do you want a real Republican? HDD diagnostic tools / HDD data recovery software

04-26-2005, 05:29 AM	#7 (permalink)
crazijoe Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Omaha, The Center of the Universe Posts: 7,632 OS: WinXP, Win2K3 My System	I would try the drive in a different machine. Either the drive is bad or the controller is bad. __________________ Microsoft MCSA + Messaging, MVP, A+, Network+ http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3...other/Help.jpg Do you want a real Republican? HDD diagnostic tools / HDD data recovery software

04-26-2005, 12:10 PM	#9 (permalink)
crazijoe Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Omaha, The Center of the Universe Posts: 7,632 OS: WinXP, Win2K3 My System	That shouldn't be a problem. If you want to change it just swap the primary IDE cable and the secondary IDE cables around on the MB. __________________ Microsoft MCSA + Messaging, MVP, A+, Network+ http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3...other/Help.jpg Do you want a real Republican? HDD diagnostic tools / HDD data recovery software

04-25-2005, 08:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
vittu Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4 OS: win98	the jumpers are set to master, every time it boots to a hardrive it always says "disk boot failure insert system disk"

04-25-2005, 09:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
vittu Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4 OS: win98	nope, it just says "none"

04-26-2005, 04:48 AM	#6 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 12,355 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	Does Auto-Detect find anything? www.d-a-l.com/auto-detect.php If the HD isn't showing up in BIOS, check it's connected properly to the PSU and motherboard or try another ribbon cable.

04-26-2005, 11:59 AM	#8 (permalink)
vittu Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4 OS: win98	i removed the battery and put it backin, so now i have windows back up with the cd-rom drive working. the only problem now is that it says that the harddrive is a secondary master, is that going to be a problem or can I just leave it like that?

04-26-2005, 12:11 PM	#10 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 12,355 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	If you've only got 1 hard drive and 1 CD, put the HD on IDE-0 as master and the CD on IDE-1 as master. Both on IDE-0 as master and slave could slow things down. edit: sorry crazijoe, you beat me to it Last edited by koala; 04-26-2005 at 12:13 PM.