Hard Drive Problem

[LordPhoenix]

Hi,

I have 2 computers. (1.) Which is Intel C 2.6 the other (2.) Intel P3 533 MHz. My 1st PC, has a 40GB hard drive. It's Windows 2000 Pro and it has FAT32 Installed. (yes, i know fat32 sucks). I dismantled my 2nd PC, because I'm tired of it and I'm going to sell it. It has a 20GB hard drive and I'm trying to put it on this computer as a 2nd Hard Drive. By the way, It's Windows XP Pro and NTFS. So, I opened up my 1st PC, took off the IDE cable and power supply to the 40GB hard drive and put in my 20GB one to see if it will work. I booted the PC and then I get a black screen like MS-DOS except you can't type anything. So i reboot and I go into the BIOS. The Hard drive is detected. I try all the possible jumper settings and nothing happens. What do you think is wrong? The hard drive is detected but Windows won't load?

Can someone help me?

 

[UsandThem]

You said you tried the jumper settings.

Try this:

-Make sure they are on the IDE cable correctly (master on the first connection and slave at the end).

-Set the jumper for your first drive to master, then the secondary drive as slave.

-If that doesn't work, try setting your secondary drive as cable select.

-If that still doesn't work, some drives do not work very well together. I had an Seagate drive that would only work with a Maxtor drive if the Seagate was the master and the Maxtor was the slave. Would not work any other way.

Good luck!

 

[moonsite]

Different systems, different components? Did you say you plug your old 20Gb hd into the newer machine and try to boot from that?

 

[LordPhoenix]

i put my 20gb into newer machine and tried to make it work. it was detected in BIOS but i got a black screen on boot.

***I'M ONLY TRYING TO RUN THE 20GB ONE BY ITSELF AS MASTER NOW***

By the way, they're BOTH Western Digitals

 

[UsandThem]

Originally posted by: LordPhoenix
i put my 20gb into newer machine and tried to make it work. it was detected in BIOS but i got a black screen on boot.

***I'M ONLY TRYING TO RUN THE 20GB ONE BY ITSELF AS MASTER NOW***

By the way, they're BOTH Western Digitals

Theres your problem. It was from a different system and is configured to start your old setup, not your new one. It must either be a slave to transfer your files, or it is time for a format.

 

[LordPhoenix]

Dude!!! I was thinking the SAME THING!!!!

One Problem : I only have 1 Jumper and 2 Hard Drives.. Anyone got a spare jumper they can send me? LOL