(I couldn't post because my pop ups were blocked. Finally I figured it out.
) So, When I try to boot up my computer it says "F2-setup F12-Boot Menu I
can't get into Boot Menu Then when I press F2 after a long time about 3
minutes it finally says on another screen "Secondary drive O not found"
"Secondary drive 1 not found." It takes about two minutes to boot up after I
press F1 to continue. I can't find what's wrong. Thanks for reading this.
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GrammyAndy

Are your hdds set to cable select? if not, set them that way and set the
drive with windows installed as the primary drive. Then enter the bios and
check the boot sequence. Set drive 0 as the first boot device, followed by
whatever you want. If windows doesn't find boot info on the first drive it
will check the other drives in the order u specified.

Don't know if that helps u at all, but input is input.

"GrammyAndy" wrote:

> (I couldn't post because my pop ups were blocked. Finally I figured it out.
> ) So, When I try to boot up my computer it says "F2-setup F12-Boot Menu I
> can't get into Boot Menu Then when I press F2 after a long time about 3
> minutes it finally says on another screen "Secondary drive O not found"
> "Secondary drive 1 not found." It takes about two minutes to boot up after I
> press F1 to continue. I can't find what's wrong. Thanks for reading this.
> --
> GrammyAndy

"" wrote:
> (I couldn't post because my pop ups were blocked. Finally I
> figured it out.
> ) So, When I try to boot up my computer it says "F2-setup
> F12-Boot Menu I
> can't get into Boot Menu Then when I press F2 after a long
> time about 3
> minutes it finally says on another screen "Secondary drive O
> not found"
> "Secondary drive 1 not found." It takes about two minutes to
> boot up after I
> press F1 to continue. I can't find what's wrong. Thanks for
> reading this.
> --
> GrammyAndy

This is a problem wiht your drive configuration, nothing to do with
windows. At any point did you used to have a second hard drive
installed?

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I will try thank you Brian. Sparda I haven't had a second hard drive
installed.
Thanks again
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GrammyAndy


"Sparda" wrote:

> "" wrote:
> > (I couldn't post because my pop ups were blocked. Finally I
> > figured it out.
> > ) So, When I try to boot up my computer it says "F2-setup
> > F12-Boot Menu I
> > can't get into Boot Menu Then when I press F2 after a long
> > time about 3
> > minutes it finally says on another screen "Secondary drive O
> > not found"
> > "Secondary drive 1 not found." It takes about two minutes to
> > boot up after I
> > press F1 to continue. I can't find what's wrong. Thanks for
> > reading this.
> > --
> > GrammyAndy
>
> This is a problem wiht your drive configuration, nothing to do with
> windows. At any point did you used to have a second hard drive
> installed?
>
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"" wrote:
> I will try thank you Brian. Sparda I haven't had a second
> hard drive
> installed.
> Thanks again
> --
> GrammyAndy
>
>
> "Sparda" wrote:
>
> > "" wrote:
> > > (I couldn't post because my pop ups were blocked.
> Finally I
> > > figured it out.
> > > ) So, When I try to boot up my computer it says "F2-setup
>
> > > F12-Boot Menu I
> > > can't get into Boot Menu Then when I press F2 after a
> long
> > > time about 3
> > > minutes it finally says on another screen "Secondary
> drive O
> > > not found"
> > > "Secondary drive 1 not found." It takes about two
> minutes to
> > > boot up after I
> > > press F1 to continue. I can't find what's wrong. Thanks
> for
> > > reading this.
> > > --
> > > GrammyAndy
> >
> > This is a problem wiht your drive configuration, nothing to
> do with
> > windows. At any point did you used to have a second hard
> drive
> > installed?
> >
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"I haven’t had a second hard drive installed."

In that case go into the BIOS and disable the slave drive interface on
the primary IDE channel, it is slow becasue it’s looking for a
drive, and there isnt one there, so it would be easyist just to
disable the slave interface on the primary channel (or IDE0:1).

I don't know how to do that could you please tell me how. Thank YOu.
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"GrammyAndy" wrote:

> (I couldn't post because my pop ups were blocked. Finally I figured it out.
> ) So, When I try to boot up my computer it says "F2-setup F12-Boot Menu I
> can't get into Boot Menu Then when I press F2 after a long time about 3
> minutes it finally says on another screen "Secondary drive O not found"
> "Secondary drive 1 not found." It takes about two minutes to boot up after I
> press F1 to continue. I can't find what's wrong. Thanks for reading this.
> --
> GrammyAndy

Sparda how do you get into BIOS?
--
GrammyAndy


"GrammyAndy" wrote:

> I will try thank you Brian. Sparda I haven't had a second hard drive
> installed.
> Thanks again
> --
> GrammyAndy
>
>
> "Sparda" wrote:
>
> > "" wrote:
> > > (I couldn't post because my pop ups were blocked. Finally I
> > > figured it out.
> > > ) So, When I try to boot up my computer it says "F2-setup
> > > F12-Boot Menu I
> > > can't get into Boot Menu Then when I press F2 after a long
> > > time about 3
> > > minutes it finally says on another screen "Secondary drive O
> > > not found"
> > > "Secondary drive 1 not found." It takes about two minutes to
> > > boot up after I
> > > press F1 to continue. I can't find what's wrong. Thanks for
> > > reading this.
> > > --
> > > GrammyAndy
> >
> > This is a problem wiht your drive configuration, nothing to do with
> > windows. At any point did you used to have a second hard drive
> > installed?
> >
> > --
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Brian or Sparda how do you enter BIOS, how do you change Hdds to cable? I
don't know? Sorry

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"Sparda" wrote:

> "" wrote:
> > I will try thank you Brian. Sparda I haven't had a second
> > hard drive
> > installed.
> > Thanks again
> > --
> > GrammyAndy
> >
> >
> > "Sparda" wrote:
> >
> > > "" wrote:
> > > > (I couldn't post because my pop ups were blocked.
> > Finally I
> > > > figured it out.
> > > > ) So, When I try to boot up my computer it says "F2-setup
> >
> > > > F12-Boot Menu I
> > > > can't get into Boot Menu Then when I press F2 after a
> > long
> > > > time about 3
> > > > minutes it finally says on another screen "Secondary
> > drive O
> > > > not found"
> > > > "Secondary drive 1 not found." It takes about two
> > minutes to
> > > > boot up after I
> > > > press F1 to continue. I can't find what's wrong. Thanks
> > for
> > > > reading this.
> > > > --
> > > > GrammyAndy
> > >
> > > This is a problem wiht your drive configuration, nothing to
> > do with
> > > windows. At any point did you used to have a second hard
> > drive
> > > installed?
> > >
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> > >
>
> "I haven’t had a second hard drive installed."
>
> In that case go into the BIOS and disable the slave drive interface on
> the primary IDE channel, it is slow becasue it’s looking for a
> drive, and there isnt one there, so it would be easyist just to
> disable the slave interface on the primary channel (or IDE0:1).
>

"" wrote:
> Sparda how do you get into BIOS?
> --
> GrammyAndy
>
>
> "GrammyAndy" wrote:
>
> > I will try thank you Brian. Sparda I haven't had a second
> hard drive
> > installed.
> > Thanks again
> > --
> > GrammyAndy
> >
> >
> > "Sparda" wrote:
> >
> > > "" wrote:
> > > > (I couldn't post because my pop ups were blocked.
> Finally I
> > > > figured it out.
> > > > ) So, When I try to boot up my computer it says
> "F2-setup
> > > > F12-Boot Menu I
> > > > can't get into Boot Menu Then when I press F2 after a
> long
> > > > time about 3
> > > > minutes it finally says on another screen "Secondary
> drive O
> > > > not found"
> > > > "Secondary drive 1 not found." It takes about two
> minutes to
> > > > boot up after I
> > > > press F1 to continue. I can't find what's wrong.
> Thanks for
> > > > reading this.
> > > > --
> > > > GrammyAndy
> > >
> > > This is a problem wiht your drive configuration, nothing
> to do with
> > > windows. At any point did you used to have a second hard
> drive
> > > installed?
> > >
> > > --
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In most cases you would press del or F2 (more or less) as soon as you
turn the computer on, it should tell you on the post screen, if all
you see when you turn the computer on is a picture of the builder of
your PC (eg Dell) the press tab as soon as this apears and it should
tell you which button to press, the BIOS is often refered to as the
Setup screen.

Boot is faster but I still have problems. I pressed DEL to find BIOS, thank
you. When the computer first comes on it has a black screen with the Dell on
it. It says "Dell Dimension 300 series. BIOS Revision A01
At top F2-setup F12-Boot Menu" i can get into boot menu now. It is really
slow. It takes 2 minutes to go to next screen or set up menu or boot menu.
Next screen is Microsoft Windows XP screen that is loading with the blue
loading bar. It takes 2 minutes to get to my desktop. I did what you told
me and like I said it is a little faster and doesn't hang up. But, is still
way too slow. Thank you for your help.
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GrammyAndy


"Sparda" wrote:

> "" wrote:
> > Sparda how do you get into BIOS?
> > --
> > GrammyAndy
> >
> >
> > "GrammyAndy" wrote:
> >
> > > I will try thank you Brian. Sparda I haven't had a second
> > hard drive
> > > installed.
> > > Thanks again
> > > --
> > > GrammyAndy
> > >
> > >
> > > "Sparda" wrote:
> > >
> > > > "" wrote:
> > > > > (I couldn't post because my pop ups were blocked.
> > Finally I
> > > > > figured it out.
> > > > > ) So, When I try to boot up my computer it says
> > "F2-setup
> > > > > F12-Boot Menu I
> > > > > can't get into Boot Menu Then when I press F2 after a
> > long
> > > > > time about 3
> > > > > minutes it finally says on another screen "Secondary
> > drive O
> > > > > not found"
> > > > > "Secondary drive 1 not found." It takes about two
> > minutes to
> > > > > boot up after I
> > > > > press F1 to continue. I can't find what's wrong.
> > Thanks for
> > > > > reading this.
> > > > > --
> > > > > GrammyAndy
> > > >
> > > > This is a problem wiht your drive configuration, nothing
> > to do with
> > > > windows. At any point did you used to have a second hard
> > drive
> > > > installed?
> > > >
> > > > --
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> > > >
>
> In most cases you would press del or F2 (more or less) as soon as you
> turn the computer on, it should tell you on the post screen, if all
> you see when you turn the computer on is a picture of the builder of
> your PC (eg Dell) the press tab as soon as this apears and it should
> tell you which button to press, the BIOS is often refered to as the
> Setup screen.
>