Hello. Here's an odd problem. I have a 15Gb HDD on my Primary IDE channel (0). If it's alone and I configure it as a single, everything's fine. No boot problems. However, if I add a Zip 100Mb drive in (1) on the Primary channel (as a Slave) and configure the HDD as Master, I can't Hard Boot the system successfully. I get a "HDD Diagnois Fail" error message. Here's the kicker: if I soft boot from the error screen (Ctl-Alt-Del), my system boots normally and everything's hunkey dorey. I have access to all drives without any problems. I have tried to add the Zip drive to the Secondary channel (in position 1, as I have a CD-ROM in position 0). I still cannot hardboot the system. I can still soft boot, but my drive integrity is lost. I can no longer see the Zip. I have adjusted the BIOS (1012, the most current non-Beta version) for each configuration, and I know that it is set properly. I have heard that there is a Beta version 1014 out there, but I hesitate using it because I'm running Windows XP. It does not provide access to DOS, except as an emulation. Anyone have any ideas? Thx mitch