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Offline twiggy

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Hard Drive Problem
« on: January 13, 2004, 22:31 »
Hi all, i ahve two computer an older one with 2 20gb hard drives in and a new one with an 80gb hdd in. I took one of the 20gb's hdd out of the old computer as it had files on it that i wonted. I didnt' get around to putting it in my new comp untill about 1 week later. I set me 80gb to master with a salve and me 20gb to salve. now when starting windows dosn't pick it up and when its in the ram cheaking screen n go's threw the devices installed it list me dvd-burner and me 80gb hdd but not the 20gb ??? i cheack the bottom of it while botting the pc and it lights up ???

Any ideas?

thanks mark

Offline Sandra

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Re:Hard Drive Problem
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2004, 23:45 »
Check that your BIOS is set for AUTO for the primary slave Mark.
It may be down as User Defined or None  :)

Offline twiggy

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Re:Hard Drive Problem
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2004, 00:18 »
nope all four are set to AUTO i already cheacked that but jsut ouble chaecked again and they all are.

any ideas?

Thanks mark


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