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SLOW FINDING 2ND HARD DRIVE
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ComputerCop911
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I would suggest putting the second hardrive as a SLAVE, not a master. Configuring it as a Master drive makes it the boot HD, but since you've got TWO, it would go haywire. Try making the second HD as a slave instead.
Note that I am assuming that you have Windows on Drive One as your main boot drive, and drive two as an auxiliary drive for general storage purposes. Please correct me if I am wrong. But if this is the case, try configuring the second one as a slave.
ComputerCop911
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Note that I am assuming that you have Windows on Drive One as your main boot drive, and drive two as an auxiliary drive for general storage purposes. Please correct me if I am wrong. But if this is the case, try configuring the second one as a slave.
ComputerCop911
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Thanks for the reply--but I have another machine with the same configuration that finds both hdd in the blink of an eye so I am assuming that the problem lies elsewhere. However--I will try your suggestion if nobody else can offer a solution. I would sooner have the hdd on a separate ide as I am doing a lot of audio work on the PC
MASTER vs. SLAVE only determined whether the device should use its onboard controller, or defer to a MASTER controller device. It is channel specific, so the settings offered by the original poster should work.
1. Check that everything is properly set in BIOS, including enabling the second IDE controller;
2. Check that the all hard drives are detected properly in the BIOS;
3. Check the driver jumpers on both drives. Western Digital drives are particularly fussy as you need to set the multi-drive jumper as well as the Master/Slave configuration jumpers properly.
1. Check that everything is properly set in BIOS, including enabling the second IDE controller;
2. Check that the all hard drives are detected properly in the BIOS;
3. Check the driver jumpers on both drives. Western Digital drives are particularly fussy as you need to set the multi-drive jumper as well as the Master/Slave configuration jumpers properly.
ShadowYF21
IS-IT--Management
you probably have a cheap motherboard like ECS or something. I have that issue with ECS sometimes. If you have a cheapie motherboard then get a better one! The IDE controllers on those work most of the time but sometimes you end up with a system that has problems like that..
ComputerCop911
Programmer
Ok, I stand corrected ;-)
Maybe the motherboard then...??
ComputerCop911
ASP/HTML Programmer, Knowledgeable Computer Network/Hardware/Software Geek ;-)
Maybe the motherboard then...??
ComputerCop911
ASP/HTML Programmer, Knowledgeable Computer Network/Hardware/Software Geek ;-)
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