Second Hard Drive no longer recognized by Win 2K

[Jyeshta]

Hi all,

I have two hard drives, both set as Masters on separate cables. The
2nd drive is for data storage and is connected to a PCI controller
card. I never installed an OS on the 2nd drive, so I'm out of luck
trying to switch the positions of the drives in the case.

Anyway, all was well until, today, I noticed the 2nd drive no longer
shows up in "My Computer", or in the Device Manager.

I found an online guide that says the first thing to do is to go into
CMOS setup. I don't know how to do this. I pressed F8 and didn't see
anything regarding CMOS setup.

If anyone could please, please help me get my computer to re-find my
2nd hard drive, I would be very grateful. Thank you for any help.

(Oh - the MFT might have been corrupted, according to the Microsoft
Win2K book, either by the August blackout, or by a crash that occurred
a few days ago while I was asleep, which forced me to shut the
computer off without being able to shut down safely.)

 

[Rock]

Usually to get into the CMOS, you have to press
either "F2" or "Delete". When you first boot your PC, you
should get a messaging at the bottom of the screen that
tells you what to press to get into the CMOS/BIOS.

-- Rock

 

[Jyeshta]

Usually to get into the CMOS, you have to press
either "F2" or "Delete". When you first boot your PC, you
should get a messaging at the bottom of the screen that
tells you what to press to get into the CMOS/BIOS.

-- Rock

Thank you, Rock. I'll try it.