Two CD, freezes on boot

[JLSigman]

I have Windows 2000, on a Compaq EVO D310. I tried to slave a PlexWriter DR-RW to the main CD ROM drive, and the computer wouldn't boot up and frooze in different places (usualy during the splash screen with the scrolling blue bar). So far, to fix the problem I only have the CD-RW drive plugged in, with the standard one unconnected. Any other suggestions? Having on the Writer is not a big deal, but it would be faster to copy CDs with both drives available. Jennifer Sigman
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[CSEE]

Hi Jennifer,

are you shure, your drives are configured (jumpered)correctly to work as master/slave combination?

Another idea: Try to change the positions of the drives.

Bye
Chris

 

[JLSigman]

They should be... they are both on the same IDE cable, with the regular CD drive as the master and the CD-RW as the slave.

Unfortunately, since this is a Compaq, I don't have enough IDE cable to plug them in the other way, or to move the IDE cable from the hard drive anywhere else. Thanks, tho. Jennifer Sigman
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[wolluf]

You could try jumpering them the other way round (RW master, ROM slave) without moving them. And/or, set them both to Cable Select rather than specifying master/slave.

 

[XanderKal]

Hi Jennifer,

it seems to be the same problem than mine...
You tried to add a new drive (CD in your case) in an existing W2K config and it does not boot anymore right ?
If yes, it is the same for me. W2K crash with a blue screen during startup.

I'm sorry but i did not found any solution except reinstall all...

Just a question, did you changed the drive letters in your working W2K config with the disk manager ? Because I think this is linked

Xander.

 

[JLSigman]

I would jumper them the other way around if the cable would reach. But there's not enough cable.

Unfortunately, re-installing is probably not an option, since we image all these computers. I would love to do so, but I don't know that the boss would allow that.

Thanks for the suggestions, I can live with just the one drive.

Jennifer Sigman
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[Scotsdude]

Jen,

don't move the cable. simply change the jumpers on each drive and try that. Like wolluf said try changed the jumpers to Master for the CDRW and slave for the CD. Failing that, try the cable select option.

Scotsdude