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Mr_Bond
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_ 		23. January 2006 @ 13:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
For some reason i can't get two different HD's (tried one at a time) to boot up on a different motherboard. I tried different jumper settings, but still no luck. Do i have to somehow reset the motherboard or something? The motherboard will only boot up the 3rd HD that it originally came with.
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ddp
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_ 		23. January 2006 @ 14:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what are the makes of the hd's??
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_ 		23. January 2006 @ 16:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yeah same thing happened with my HD too. You see...If the HD's already have an OS installed...you need to reformat and re-install it the OS again on the new motherboard. If you have the Windows disk, try doing the Windows Repair thing as some people have had success with that...but most need to re-install the OS.
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Mr_Bond
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_ 		23. January 2006 @ 16:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
One is Western Digital, not sure of the other right now, thank you i will try the repair/reformat approach.
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_ 		24. January 2006 @ 01:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yeah, I would format the hard drives even if I were switching to the same make and model motherboard, but that's just me. Without a doubt, format and install a fresh copy of windows, you'll have less headaches later on....Later
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Mr_Bond
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_ 		29. January 2006 @ 01:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
But how do i reformat an HD when the motherboard can't even boot it? Would i have to boot from the Windows CD? And wouldn't reformatting mean deleting everything on my HD as well?
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_ 		29. January 2006 @ 08:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
if wd is by itself on the cable than remove it's master jumper as that is used only if another drive is present on the same cable. yes formating the hd will wipe your info out.
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_ 		29. January 2006 @ 08:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yesterday i was switching out hard drives,to a another computer it would not boot,the problem was a bad ide cable to me hard drive...
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