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mhodgins · 10-09-2004, 11:39 PM

Okay, here's the solution : I hadn't properly configured my BIOS. "PCI IDE Busmaster" was set to "YES" and "Onboard IDE Controller" was set to "BOTH". I never touched either of these BIOS settings - if that worked for one harddrive, I figured that it ought to have worked just as well for two. When I turned off the PCI IDE Busmaster, both drives began to work properly with the onboard controller. I don't really understand what the problem was - must have been some sort of conflict - but I still don't understand why it only affected my ability to boot from one of the two drives. The conflict had not even prevented me from browsing that second drive once the computer had been booted from the first. I find it all a bit vague, even after a week of intensely researching the problem. At least now I understand quite well everything I'll ever need to know about the partition table and master boot record !

Thanks for your help ...

10-09-2004, 11:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
mhodgins New Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2	resolved Okay, here's the solution : I hadn't properly configured my BIOS. "PCI IDE Busmaster" was set to "YES" and "Onboard IDE Controller" was set to "BOTH". I never touched either of these BIOS settings - if that worked for one harddrive, I figured that it ought to have worked just as well for two. When I turned off the PCI IDE Busmaster, both drives began to work properly with the onboard controller. I don't really understand what the problem was - must have been some sort of conflict - but I still don't understand why it only affected my ability to boot from one of the two drives. The conflict had not even prevented me from browsing that second drive once the computer had been booted from the first. I find it all a bit vague, even after a week of intensely researching the problem. At least now I understand quite well everything I'll ever need to know about the partition table and master boot record ! Thanks for your help ...