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Primary Master not detected anymore
Name: Annika Amethyst (by Annika) Date: May 25, 2006 at 22:43:58 Pacific OS: XP Home CPU/Ram: Unkown Product: Unknown
Comment:
No masters or slaves detected anymore!!
I was trying to install a second CD-Rom but I didn't have all the right cables so I plugged everything back in as it was. Now my primary master, primary slave, secondary master and secondary slave is not detected! what could be causing this issue?
When I start my computer it says "Disk Boot failure, insert system disk and press enter"
Name: Mike Newcomb Date: May 25, 2006 at 22:57:48 Pacific
Reply:
a) Have a look in the bios and check the boot device order. If cd and/or floppy before hdd, have you left a non-bootable media in one of these units?
b) you may have wrongly connected your c: drive such that it is no the longer primary master. Try booting from a floppy and see which drive letters are available and what devices they are.
c) any possibility the ide cable is upside down (can happen on hdd's as well as floppys).
d) does C: led illuminate when attempting to boot?
Good Luck - Keep us posted?
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Response Number 2
Name: Annika Amethyst (by Annika) Date: May 25, 2006 at 23:36:48 Pacific
Reply:
The weird thing is that I did not the IDE cables to the harddrive. I only touched the CD-ROM and the floppy. Can putting one of the one incorrectly make the Harddrive not respond?
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Response Number 3
Name: Annika Amethyst (by Annika) Date: May 25, 2006 at 23:37:24 Pacific
Reply:
I meant I did not touch the IDE cables to the harddrive
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Response Number 4
Name: Annika Amethyst (by Annika) Date: May 26, 2006 at 00:09:52 Pacific
Reply:
I had the IDE cable in backwards for my CD-ROM. All is good again :)
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