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lmac222
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_ 		14. July 2005 @ 00:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok let me explain what i had and now what its showing

first i had a C drive of 80 gb
d drive of 120 gb
a cd burner
and a dvd rom drive

got a dvd burner today and took out the dvd rom drive.........same jumper settings so no problem there

now i restart

i get a C drive of 80 gb
the DVD burner is now my D drive
and still have my cd burner

my 120 gb hd is missing

looked in bios and its reading it as my primary master
so i dunno........anyone with knowledge??

heres what it was prior to me installing my dvd burner
cd burner was set on slave
dvd rom was set on master
D 120 gb drive(the one that is missing) not sure what it was set on but
::::: were the settings and it was the 4th one if u read like i typed it
C drive was a lil weird as it was sidways at the bottom on my jumpers
:::::
columns 3 and 4 row 2 if read like an chart

any help will be welcomed
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GrandpaBW
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_ 		14. July 2005 @ 06:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Check to see if you accidentally loosened the power plug or the ribbon cable on the hard drive.
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lmac222
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_ 		14. July 2005 @ 07:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
nah i didnt, then later i unhooked everything and rehooked it back up and still isnt finding it
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ddp
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_ 		14. July 2005 @ 10:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what are the makes of hds? what drives are on what cables??
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lmac222
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_ 		14. July 2005 @ 20:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
thanks guys but i found em and figured it out

strange this is on my C drive the drive with my OS the jumper settings were on the bottom row a few notches over not up and down like usual.........it worked b4 i installed the dvd burner but didnt after so i just switched it to slave and my 120 to master

got it running thanks for the help guys
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_ 		15. July 2005 @ 07:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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