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2nd hard drive
Name: jnix Date: April 14, 2009 at 11:33:21 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: Hard Drives
Comment:
I just installed a 2nd SATA hard drive, but the system doesn't recognize it. How do I fix this?
Name: OtheHill Date: April 14, 2009 at 11:36:38 Pacific
Reply:
First of all you need to watch the POST screens at start up to verify the BIOS is properly identifying the drive by both the model and the FULL drive capacity.
Post back with what you see. hitting the pause key will freeze the screen so you can read it. hit the spacebar to continue the boot process.
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