Did you do a Repair Installation after changing the motherboard.....
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How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
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"Jim Perkins" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> XP PRO, Athlon 2600, 60 gig, 40 gig Western drives.
>
> I can't access the second drive,(programs), after I
> installed a new mainboard. 1st drive master, second
> slave, same ide channel - worked before.
> Both drives work in second machine but not tested
> together.
> I changed mainboard because as it began to go bad the
> first thing it did was loose the ability to read the
> second drive then the first. It caused major problems
> with OS on first drive which required using disk repair
> of OS which is now back to normal.
> Second disk works fine in second machine running win98.
> All folders viewable.
> New bios detects both drives. XP detects both drives as
> well. Explorer does not! Clicking on drive letter box
> says "D:\ is not accessable, parameter is incorrect".
> Disk properties show both disks drive names and show
> disks enabled. All destop links to second drive from
> before still show but are not working.
> I've tried different cable settings with no luck. This
> appears to be an OS issue. The OS seems to remember non-
> working second drive condition prior to OS repair??? I've
> seen references to similar problems on the net but no
> real solutions. NOTE: it is possible for me to move my
> dvd burner over to win 98 box and copy contents then
> format drive but I'd really like to find another way. 99%
> of my programs are on the d drive.
> Any thoughts?
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
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