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DAW1
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 00:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok my buddy's got a wdc wd 1600 160gb hdd and he cant seem to get it to work he wants it for a secondary drive and has the jumper set up for slave and hes got it set up to slave but when he turns his computer on it wont show up in my computer he has windows xp SP2 does anyone know how to get this to work thanks for ur help if u need to know anything ask and ill do my best to find out

EDIT : he wants to make this 160 gb his master drive and get rid of his old one and he set the jumpers for master but cant seem to get xp to isntall
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ianski7
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 02:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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DAW1
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 02:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The page u sent me just goes to a black page for me

also ill give that a shot what u said
thanks man ill let u know how it goes
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DAW1
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 03:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i put the drive in with no jumpers on and it didnt detect the drive is there any other solutions that may work
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ianski7
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 03:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   

Did you put the drive alone on the cable?
Try installing the drive alone with no jumper. Reboot into Bios and set Default settings. Reboot and it should show up in Bios and Disk Management.
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DAW1
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 03:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok it was the only drive on the cable and there was no
jumper and it didnt show up in bios and yea i cant
check in dis managment because theres no os installed
what should i try now?
Thanks
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ianski7
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 03:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Does the drive spin when installed?
What do you have on each IDE cable?
When the system boots, what does the screen say?
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DAW1
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 03:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Does the drive spin when installed?
Yes
What do you have on each IDE cable?
Main one has the hdd and other one has a dvd+/-rw and a CD-RW drive
When the system boots, what does the screen say?
DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER


what should i do now
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ddp
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 06:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
inside the bios does it detects or not detects the wd
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DAW1
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 12:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
it does not detect it in the Bios

what should i do? this is frustrating
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ddp
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 13:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
are you using a 80 wire cable or 40 wire. if 80 is drive on end or in middle, if in middle move to end connector(black not blue)as some cables have pin missing & will only see drive if drive setup as slave
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ianski7
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 13:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey

If you still have no luck, download Disk Wizard Starter Edition. Maybe it will help.

http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/drivers/discwiz.html
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DAW1
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 13:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
im using the one that came with the drive i dont know how to tell if its 80 or 40 sorry thanks
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DAW1
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 14:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yea i tried the program and it still doesnt work

EDIT: u got ne other ways that may work thanks
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ianski7
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DAW1
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 14:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
nope it didnt show up in my computer or the bios what
should i set the jumpers to i want to to be the master drive and only drive in the computer
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ddp
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 15:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what is the motherboard drive is hooked up to, make & model as possibility board might need bios upgrade or board replacement to see drive. can you hook drive to your computer to see if it ids or not
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ianski7
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 15:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey

Look at the last link I posted and try your drive with the CSEL setting with you drive on the end of the cable. Try in the middle too.

Try also the single setting in the diagram.

Try the drive on both IDE channels.

Try a different cable.

Do your CD/DVD show in Bios?
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DAW1
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 15:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
mobo
Asus P4B-LA
Award Moddular BIOS v6.0
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DAW1
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 16:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok it showed up in bois but when i try to install windows xp it says "setup cannot access this disk" what do i do now
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DAW1
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 16:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok it showed up in bios but when i try to install windows xp it says "setup cannot access this disk" what do i do now
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ddp
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 17:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
boot up on xp cd to do fdisk?? & format the drive before you can load xp files on to it
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ianski7
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 17:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey

Try running the installation utility you ran before.
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1Adonis4u
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_ 		24. November 2004 @ 21:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey there guy... try this:

1) Boot up with the new HD as the main bootup source.
2) Format it
3) Put the jumper as CS or completely remove it
4) Put your old HD back as your main
5) Make sure you are using the slave side of the same IDE cable that goes to your main HD and connect new HD

See what happens!

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DAW1
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_ 		25. November 2004 @ 01:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
it wont let me format it keeps saying "the specified drive is not valid, or there is no disk in the drive" anything thing else i can try?
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