I am trying to add a 2nd HDD to this computer. The 2nd HDD is a WD200. I set it up correctly, I believe, but when the computer boots up it no operating system found. I have added a 2nd HDD to my other computer with no problems. I have it set to slave. Any ideas?

Hi, Are you using a CABLE SELECT (CS) Cable. It would have color coded connectors. Blue goes to MB, Black to the Master and Gray to the Slave. Master will be C: and Slave D:. Both set to CS. If no color code then plug Master and Slave. Master is still C: on any connector. Some odd ball cables will not do Master/Slave and CS.
Good Luck, Jim

I have the Ribbons. I had the very top connector connected to the Master HDD and the connector closest to the MOBO on the Slave. That is the correct set up?

Thanks!

did you try setting the jumpers on the Hard Drives to master and slave? Most HD's are set for CS...see if that helps

Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks

If you put some Gateways on master for the maind Hard drive and the second one on slave it will not work. For some reason and this even apply's to even new Gateways if you leave your main Hard drive on cable select and the second on on slave it will work. I have worked with a few Gateways and this is how they are setup.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ OC 2.7ghz
2GB Dual Channel DDR 3200
Nvidia 7800GT
SATA II 2x 200gig 7200rpm 16mb cache RAID-0
Gigabyte Nforce 4 SLI

thanks, i will try it.

hmmmm....interesting, because mine is a Gateway 1.4Ghz and works Master/Slave, not CS/Slave

Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks

Another thought. It may be that your computer doesn't support a drive that large, unless you've updated your bios to support it.

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Move the new drive to your Secondary IDE.

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Hi,

It is unlikely a machine this old will recognise a 200 GB hard drive without some work.

Solutions

BIOS upgrade
Run th edrive from a PCI ATA control card
Use a Drive Overlay program to "trick" the BIOS into accepting a 200GB hard drive. Look for this on the Western Digital site or try Ontrack.com

hth

Ceri

The western digital model # WD200 is a 20 gig drive. Although I suppose the poster may be using WD200 as a generic term for a western digital 200 gig drive.

If it is a 20 gig I'd think the bios should see it OK so the first thing to try would be a bios update.

Also, for most WD drives, when the drive is by itself on the cable you wouldn't jumper it as master. It should be jumpered as 'single' which is no jumper.

Thanks for all the replies. It is a 20 gig hard drve. I will try the bios update. I get that from the gateway website, correct?
The funny thing is, i had a 10 gig as a 2nd hard drive on it last night and it was fine. Oh well. Thanks for the input!!!

Yeah, go to their support page and you can enter the serial number (located on a sticker on the back of the case and/or the side panel) and that should link to the available downloads for your computer.