A while ago, I completed the purchase of parts for my new system. Although it's currently set up, I've still not been able to add the IBM Deskstar drive. (I'm still using two Western Digital Caviar drives that are connected to the Primary and Secondary EIDE controllers.) I am not a newbie, but I've never worked with ATA100 drives before. I really didn't think there'd be much of a difference from installing a regular ATA66 drive, but I've run into problems setting up the system with this HD. FYI: I am using an ASUS A7V motherboard, running an AMD Duron 700MHz w/128MB PC-133 RAM.
Initially, I wanted to boot from the Windows 98SE CD-ROM, partition and format the HD, and install the OS. But apparently the W98SE CD-ROM is not bootable. (My DVD-ROM drive won't boot from it; when I use the Norton Ghost CD-ROM, it will. But aren't all W98SE CD-ROMs bootable?) So I decided to use the W98SE boot floppy instead. Although this allows me to access the drive and partition/format it, I get an error upon reboot. (I choose support for large disks, and I also used the "format c: /s" command. The system files are there, but it keeps coming up with the boot error "Insert system disk."
So my question would have to be: If I want to install my shiny new 30.7GB HD, which steps should I take to install the drive properly? I enabled detection of the Promise controller, but it doesn't even get to there.
At the moment, I am using the following devices attached to the EIDE interface:
Primary Master: WD 1.6GB
Primary Slave: WD10.2GB
Secondary Master: Toshiba DVD-ROM
Secondary Slave: HP CD-Writer Plus 7100i
When I remove the two HDs and replace them with the (partitioned AND formatted) Deskstar, the following is shown:
Primary Master: none
Primary Slave: none
Secondary Master: Toshiba DVD-ROM
Secondary Slave: HP CD-Writer Plus 7100i
Immediately after, the error is displayed. When I boot from the Western Digital HD, the system tries to detect a ATA100 drive, but says the BIOS was not loaded 'cause a drive was not found. When I boot from the Deskstar, I get an error immediately after the Primary and Secondary EIDE controller information is displayed, and it doesn't even bother detecting a ATA100 drive.
What am I doing wrong?
Initially, I wanted to boot from the Windows 98SE CD-ROM, partition and format the HD, and install the OS. But apparently the W98SE CD-ROM is not bootable. (My DVD-ROM drive won't boot from it; when I use the Norton Ghost CD-ROM, it will. But aren't all W98SE CD-ROMs bootable?) So I decided to use the W98SE boot floppy instead. Although this allows me to access the drive and partition/format it, I get an error upon reboot. (I choose support for large disks, and I also used the "format c: /s" command. The system files are there, but it keeps coming up with the boot error "Insert system disk."
So my question would have to be: If I want to install my shiny new 30.7GB HD, which steps should I take to install the drive properly? I enabled detection of the Promise controller, but it doesn't even get to there.
At the moment, I am using the following devices attached to the EIDE interface:
Primary Master: WD 1.6GB
Primary Slave: WD10.2GB
Secondary Master: Toshiba DVD-ROM
Secondary Slave: HP CD-Writer Plus 7100i
When I remove the two HDs and replace them with the (partitioned AND formatted) Deskstar, the following is shown:
Primary Master: none
Primary Slave: none
Secondary Master: Toshiba DVD-ROM
Secondary Slave: HP CD-Writer Plus 7100i
Immediately after, the error is displayed. When I boot from the Western Digital HD, the system tries to detect a ATA100 drive, but says the BIOS was not loaded 'cause a drive was not found. When I boot from the Deskstar, I get an error immediately after the Primary and Secondary EIDE controller information is displayed, and it doesn't even bother detecting a ATA100 drive.
What am I doing wrong?
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