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HJobe71h - 20 Feb 2005 17:33 GMT

OK, here is the latest happenings. After reading the question as to
whether the BIOS detected the drive, I checked it out and it did not
recognize anything. I made sure they were all set to AUTO DETECT and
restarted, still did not detect anything.

Then I started thinking about the master/slave jumper. I took out the
jumper and reversed a cable, both the CD ROM and the CDRW were
recognized. So one problem solved. NOW, I still can't fdisk, it is
still saying there are no fixed disks present. That was after I booted
the computer with the boot disk only. Once I put in the Windows
Installation cd, it began the process and then went to a blue screen
stating that it basically can't locate the hard drive. Is it possible
that my jumper settings are STILL wrong? This just baffles me because
it recognized the cd rom drivers but still no luck with the hard drive.
I don't understand it either because at one point it asked if I wanted
to boot off of the CD ROM or off of the Hard Disk. Confusing.. Any help
w/this would be very appreciated!

Mikhail Zhilin Wrote:

> Have you installed the jumper "Master/Slave" of this HDD in the correct
> position, that does not conflict with the position of CD-ROM drive at
> the same ribbon cable?
>
> If this HDD is the only HDD in the system -- it has to be connected to
> the end of the cable of the first IDE channel, and set as Master,
> while
> CD-ROM on the same cable has to be set as Slave.
>
> If it is the only HDD on the cable -- it has to be set as Master in
> most
> cases,
> or, if it is Western Digital drive, as Single (if there is no such
> position -- this jumper has to be removed at all).
> --
> Mikhail Zhilin
> http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
> Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
> Please reply to the newsgroups only.
> ======
> On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 21:45:39 +0000, HJobe71h
> HJobe71h.1kqf0d@news.win98banter.com wrote:
> -
>
> I just recently put a brand new 40gb hard drive into a relatives
> computer. Everything seems to be installed correctly but I am having a
> problem installing windows onto that new hard drive. I hope someone
> out
> there can help me. First of all, I can't open the CDROM drive (either
> one, even have an Acer CDWR) and as far as I know, when you use the
> floppy boot disk, it will locate the drivers for the reg. cdrom and
> allow you to use it. My problem is this.. I put the floppy in, load it
> with windows 98 support and it goes through the steps of trying to
> start the installation process such as recognizing the hardware.
> Eventually, it comes to a screen where it says that the computer can't
> recognize (doesn't contain) valid Fat or Fat32 partition, so it
> suggests running fdisk from the command prompt. It then takes me to
> the
> command prompt where I type in FDISK next to the A: drive command. It
> says "no fixed disks present" when I hit enter. So I type in C: and it
> goes to that drive, I type in FDISK and it says the same thing, "no
> fixed disks present." Now as you can see, I am stuck in a rock and a
> hard place. And since it can't go through the motions of loading
> everything, it won't open the cd drives which means I am limited to
> the
> floppy drive currently. Anyone have ANY suggestions on how to stop
> this
> problem and move onward in the installation process? I am to my wits
> ends with ideas. I have tried everything I know to pull it out of this
> but nothing seems to work, I always end up with the same result. Hope
> you can help! Either respond or email to hjobe71h91@aol.com
>
> Thank you!!!-

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John John - 20 Feb 2005 22:07 GMT

The Hard Drive MUST be seen and PROPERLY recognized in the BIOS before
you can do anything. If the BIOS does not see the drive there is no
sense trying anything else. You will have to do some "trial and error"
work with the jumper settings and location of the drive on the IDE
cable. Try setting the drive jumper to "Master" then try it on the
Primary IDE controller at the end of the cable or in the middle. Or set
the jumper to "Cable Select" and try again on both location on the IDE
cable. The drive location is different on regular and on cable select
cable. Although the cables are almost identical in appearance the type
of cable you have makes a difference. Once the drive is recognized in
the BIOS you will then have to run fdisk and create 1 or more partitions
then format them.

John

> OK, here is the latest happenings. After reading the question as to
> whether the BIOS detected the drive, I checked it out and it did not
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>>Thank you!!!-

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