Richard aka:finder said:
I install new MB and tryed to do a repair install. Windows XP would not let
me. I follow what was told to me and try to do a repair though repair
console
but that fall to work. So I got a new drive and did a clean install. I
have
it up and running and everything seem to be going great. Now I go and add
the
old drive on as a slave drive and my Bos see it and I go into XP windows
and
go to computer and it not there, I go to system information and it is
there
and can be seen in disk managrment but does not have a drive letter and
can
not gave it one.
Can I get someone to help and old geezer out here. everything I need is on
this drive.
Richard...
1. First of all, we'll assume that when you boot to your new HDD which
contains your freshly-installed XP operating system, the system boots &
functions without any problems whatsoever. That's right, isn't it?
2. Keep the following in mind, OK? By & by you should check out your old HDD
(the one that's giving you a problem) to determine whether it's defective or
not. You can do that with the HDD diagnostic utility that can (usually) be
downloaded from the HDD manufacturer's website. That diagnostic utility can
be created either as a floppy disk or CD, both of which will be bootable. So
you would simply connect that old HDD to your system - disconnecting your
new boot HDD - and check it out.
3. The above won't solve your present problem, of course, so do this...
a. Disconnect the old HDD from the system and boot *only* to your new
bootable HDD. We'll assume that it boots without incident and functions just
fine.
b. Now re:connect the old HDD. Since you mention a Slave connection we're
assuming that it's a PATA (not a SATA) HDD. That's right, isn't it?
c. Make absolutely sure you've jumpered that HDD correctly and connected it
securely - both with respect to its power & data cable connections. Since
you've connected that old HDD as a Slave to your boot drive (which
presumably is connected as Primary Master, right?) make sure it's jumpered
as such. Double-check all connections, OK?
4. Hopefully that secondary HDD will be recognized by the system after the
system boots. If not, access Disk Management again and see if the drive is
reflected there and whether you can now assign it a drive letter (assuming
no drive letter has been assigned).
5. If still no go...shut down the machine, disconnect that secondary HDD
from the system and connect it on your Secondary IDE channel (assuming your
PC contains a secondary IDE channel). Again make sure it's connected &
jumpered accordingly depending on whether you're connecting it as Master or
Slave on that secondary channel. Give it another try.
Assuming we're dealing with a non-defective HDD that has been properly
partitioned/formatted, most of the problems we see in this area are due to
misconnected/misconfigured devices. So check your connections carefully.
It's possible, of course, there may be other causes such as a defective data
cable or defective motherboard.
Anna
