can't access d: drive...

[JasonS]

here is the setup...<br>
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I was upgrading my stepfathers computer to win98se from win95a, i installed a smaller second hard drive and coppied over some files that we wanted to keep and then fdisked and formated the c: drive.<br>
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I loaded win98 and everything is working great but when I put the second smaller HD back in to copy back the files we saved it won't access the disk and I can't even get them through DOS<br>
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any ideas???<br>
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thanks<br>
Jason

 

[Pinkman]

It could be a few things, but first make sure that all your BIOS settings are correct and that it has recognized or auto-detected the slave drive.<br>
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Also, make sure the jumpers are correct. Alot of times they

 

[Pinkman]

Sorry - it keeps cutting off the end of my reply -<br>
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Also, make sure the jumpers are correct. Alot of times they

 

[Pinkman]

email me @ pinkman@texas.net and I will try to help you that way. It will not print out my full message. -Pinkman

 

[robherc]

Let's try this way...a lot of times the jumpers on both drives are set for the same (i.e. slave, slave or master, master) setting and cause a BIOS conflict. If you have your jumpers set correctly (one as slave & one as master) and your BIOS set up to properly recognize both devices, they SHOULD work just fine.

 

[JasonS]

everything is set up fine as far as I know--the jumpers are set to master and slave the BIOS auto detects on boot up, and it is seen in my computer. when i click on it I get

 

[robherc]

you get ___???? <p>-Robherc<br><a href=mailto:robherc@netzero.net>robherc@netzero.net</a><br><a href= > </a><br>*nix installation & program collector/reseller. Contact me if you think you've got one that I don't

 

[jsauce]

There were some problems with posting before, so if JasonS could finish what he was saying we could try and help him.

 

[robherc]

Just a wild one....is the new HDD a Western Digital??? If so, ask the person who sold it to you if it has EX-BIOS pre-installed on it....if so, give it back & demand a refund.....coming from a PrefferedWD reseller, I believe you can trust this (I put too much trust in EZ-BIOS &* now one of my machines is acting about the same way). <p>-Robherc<br><a href=mailto:robherc@netzero.net>robherc@netzero.net</a><br><a href= > </a><br>*nix installation & program collector/reseller. Contact me if you think you've got one that I don't

 

[jsauce]

I never heard of EZ-BIOS, I once got a disk from WD that said EZ-DRIVE..the same thing? <p>John D. Saucier<br><a href=mailto:jsauce@net1plus.com>jsauce@net1plus.com</a><br><a href=

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[robherc]

not quite....EZ-BIOS will override your normal BIOS & sometimes do <b><i>REALLY</i></b> nasty things like <b>set your HDD to 16-bit instead of 32-bit access</b> and <b>stop the booting process if you have another HDD installed</b>. <p>-Robherc<br><a href=mailto:robherc@netzero.net>robherc@netzero.net</a><br><a href= > </a><br>*nix installation & program collector/reseller. Contact me if you think you've got one that I don't

 

[jsauce]

That sounds <b>stupid</b>. Why would this program do that? <p>John D. Saucier<br><a href=mailto:jsauce@net1plus.com>jsauce@net1plus.com</a><br><a href=

http://www.net1plus.com/users/jsauce>Registry

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[robherc]

don't ask me.....I've just been fighting it for several months.....you wouldn't <b>BELEIVE</b> the headaches it's been giving me! <p>-Robherc<br><a href=mailto:robherc@netzero.net>robherc@netzero.net</a><br><a href= > </a><br>*nix installation & program collector/reseller. Contact me if you think you've got one that I don't