HD not detecting or is it?

Setsuni

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Mar 20, 2006
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Hey guys,

I bought a 120 IDE hd off here for my dell dimension 2400. its a bit old but afaik doesnt have HD limitations.

Anyways, when i go into the bios it shows my prim HD as unknown device. I have it set to master on the HD.

Also im able to boot with tinyxp's cd and install to the HD, but whenever i boot without the cd i get primary drive 0 not found , basically forcing me to go to the bios or reboot.

Now every once in a blue moon itll work and boot, but if i resstart then im sol
 

montag451

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Dec 17, 2004
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Check you haven't got jumpers set up wrong - ie, cable select might bring up problems between two IDE devices on the same cable.