TSGL: Hard disk access

Tue Aug 15 19:32:34 EDT 2006

Last year I had a problem with an ill system that had been set up with 
cable select (XP Pro OS)
not recognizing one of the HDs,
but when I changed it to normal Master/Slave with the jumpers,
the drive magically appeared.  Different strokes, but it wouldn't hurt 
to try. 
Depending on how the MB IDE cable sockets are used, you might have to 
forego one HD of the three
HDs if there also more than one IDE CDR or DVD, whatever, but you could 
easily get the 3rd back
via a USB2 external enclosure..
Good luck

dave r
> Hi Dave,
>
> I'm sorry, I thought I had explained.
> I've installed three different drives all set up as Cable Select, which are 
> correctly identified at boot by the BIOS as the Master Drive.
> This is why I am at a loss to understand why the drive is subsequently not 
> recognised.
>
> Anthony
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dave" <heydave at pacbell.net>
> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 8:46 PM
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Hard disk access
>
>
>   
>> Anthony, you still haven't replied whether you have gone into the BIOS
>> at boot and checked that the new
>> hard drive is in fact selected as the 1st boot device, or that you have
>> checked that the HD jumpers are
>> correctly set for Master or Slave (depending on how you have cabled)
>> Either being wrong will prevent
>> the drive from being recognized by the system.
>>
>>   dave r
>>     
>>> Hi Russell,
>>>
>>> The BIOS is AMD 62710 (12/04/2003) but I can find nothing on their 
>>> website
>>> so will not waste time looking for an update. It must be too old a model.
>>> I tried installing a new IDE web cable and achieved the same negative 
>>> result
>>> so will go with a failed motherboard.
>>> Perhaps I should bite the bullet and buy another PC
>>>
>>> Very much appreciate everybody's help.
>>>
>>> Anthony
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Russell W. Coover" <coover at fastmail.fm>
>>> To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 3:31 AM
>>> Subject: Re: TSGL: Hard disk access
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Sounds like motherboard, BIOS, or cables. You can probably eliminate 
>>>> other
>>>> problems.
>>>>
>>>> Russ
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
>>>> Behalf Of Anthony Shearman
>>>> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 11:03 AM
>>>> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Re: TSGL: Hard disk access
>>>>
>>>> I have tried to install Windows Xp on another drive. First I format the
>>>> drive then I install Xp on it and once it has finished, a message comes 
>>>> up
>>>> to restart the PC and that is when the new installation is not 
>>>> recognised
>>>> and I cannot access the hard drive using FDISK.
>>>>
>>>> Anthony
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Russell W. Coover" <coover at fastmail.fm>
>>>> To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
>>>> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 7:32 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: TSGL: Hard disk access
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> If you have an extra hard drive, replace the old one with the extra,
>>>>> install
>>>>> an operating system (you don't have to register it), and see if the 
>>>>> drive
>>>>> is
>>>>> recognized. That will tell you if you have a faulty drive.
>>>>>
>>>>> Russ Coover
>>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to find myself. If you see me before I do, please ask me to
>>>>> wait
>>>>> until I return.
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
>>>>> Behalf Of Anthony Shearman
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 6:20 AM
>>>>> To: list at tsgserver.com
>>>>> Subject: TSGL: Hard disk access
>>>>>
>>>>> PC with 896Mb RAM
>>>>> Windows Xp Professional with SP2 and updates
>>>>>
>>>>> My HDD is not available. The PC identifies it properly in the BIOS but
>>>>> when
>>>>> I turn it on it comes back and says there is no Operating System.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have tried formatting using the Windows CD and it goes through the
>>>>> formalities and installs Windows but when I re-start, I get the same OS
>>>>> unavailable message.
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried to format from DOS but when I go through FDISK, it comes back 
>>>>> and
>>>>> says No hard disk present.
>>>>>
>>>>> The HDD is readable in another PC so that is not the problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does this mean that my Motherboard needs replacing or is it a problem
>>>>> with
>>>>> the cables.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any solutions will be very welcome.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anthony
>>>>>
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