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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: Hoit123456789 on October 16, 2004, 11:37:44 PM

Title: 2 hard drive wont work
Post by: Hoit123456789 on October 16, 2004, 11:37:44 PM

ok i jus got an old 8 gig hard drive, i wanted to install it onto my computer, for a lil extra space. First i tried just plugging it in by it selfe, and it always froze when it started loading windows 98. Now it could start in safe mode, but thats it. When i tried using both the hard drives it comes up with an error, asking for a disk, that i dont have. adn in bios it doesnt detect abny hard drive when i have both plugged in, but it detects them if i have one or the other plugged in.

My main hard drive, is a 180 gig
Windows xp Home ed.
128 mb g-force vid
1 gig of ram

any help well appreciated, if you need any more system specs or info jus ask  :)

Title: Re: 2 hard drive wont work
Post by: robertmillar on October 17, 2004, 01:02:03 AM

Have you changed the jumper settings for the slave HDD?

Title: Re: 2 hard drive wont work
Post by: Hoit123456789 on October 17, 2004, 11:30:09 AM

And i changed the jumpers, its always something easy. thx for the help.

do i have to have a second operating system on the slave? or can i jus pretty much delete everything? sorry for such a newb question

Title: Re: 2 hard drive wont work
Post by: Raptor on October 17, 2004, 11:32:11 AM

You only require one Operating System to use both Hard Disk Drives.

Slaves can be used without Operating Systems but they can not be booted from unless you install an Operating System on them.

Title: Re: 2 hard drive wont work
Post by: Hoit123456789 on October 17, 2004, 11:33:41 AM

ok thankyou for your help ;D