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1 HDD makes stick at DMI POOL data
Name: Juzzy B Date: April 6, 2005 at 00:53:43 Pacific OS: Windows XP SP2 CPU/Ram: celeron 2.0ghz / 512mb
Comment:
Hi When i plug in my spare 80GB hard drive it gets stuck at Veryfying DMI POOL DATA.its a slave drive. when i take it out its fine.
i really want this hdd to work cuz its got all my pictures which i havnt got around to backing up yet :(.
but the thing that soughta makes it ok is that it works on my dads computer. so i can back it up at his if i cant get it to work.
Name: Ed in Texas. Date: April 6, 2005 at 03:22:15 Pacific
Reply:
Juzzy B, SWAG, may not be the deal at all. When you put in the second drive, did you switch the jumper to make it a slave? During the boot process, Windows must initiate and detect things and if there are two master drives, things get really confusing and the machine may just stop. Sorta the machine equvalent of wringing hands. HTH. Ed in Texas.
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Response Number 2
Name: wanderer Date: April 6, 2005 at 16:49:19 Pacific
Reply:
You would also need to check the jumper on the primary drive also. Some can be set to standalone vs master which is what it should be set to if adding a slave.
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