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    Boot issue driving me batty

    I believe so.. the ide cable first goes to the cd rom, which is slated as the slave, then the connector in the middle of the cable is going to the hd, which is the master w/slave. However, I neglected to change the jumper pin when I removed everything but the hd, so I will try that next.
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    Boot issue driving me batty

    I tried a different hd, but that didn't work either. Could it be bad cables?
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    Boot issue driving me batty

    I don't think so, but I suppose it could be a possibility.
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    Boot issue driving me batty

    :o Any help would be greatly appreciated, so here is the lowdown: Computer initially working, but post would occasionally say incompatible ATAPI drive. Shortly thereafter, it won't boot to windows XP sp2 at all. It begins to post, recognizes the drives (Wester Digital HD and LiteOn DVD)...