Problems after adding new hard drive

Turbo · 09-21-2004, 10:05 PM

Hello all,
I have a problem with my computer that so far no one has been able to figure out. I have a homemade (not by me) computer with a 120 GB Maxtor Serial ATA hard-drive. After seeing ads in the newspaper, I bought a Maxtor 250 GB

hard drive from Best Buy. After hooking up the 250 hard drive where one of my CD drives was, the computer cannot find the serial hard drive. I have Windows XP on the 250 hard drive now, but the other hard drive has all my files that I want, but cannot boot from or get to. I have adjusted the CMOS and BIOS settings every possible way, but still there is no detection. I downloaded Maxtor's PowerMax to find the hard drive, but it still won't work. This computer is only three months old and has run on the 120 hard drive for that whole time, so everyone I talk to at college doesn't know what is going on here. Thanks in advance,
Matt

jesbax · 09-21-2004, 11:17 PM

make sure the hard drive is set to the right selection. for example primary is set master which is your hd and the other is set to slave(hd or cd-rom) and make sure your secondary is set the same way. On the lable of the drives has the setting for each setting.

**Praetor** · 09-22-2004, 12:51 AM

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I have adjusted the CMOS and BIOS settings every possible way, but still there is no detection

Whats the mobo? What happens if you disconnect the Maxtor 250

Turbo · 09-22-2004, 01:38 AM

Praetor,
The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-8I915G Pro. If I disconnect the Maxtor 250 the computer displays the message "disk boot error, insert system disk and press enter". The jumpers are set to have the 120 as master and the 250 as slave, so that isn't the problem. Now, to top it all off, my keyboard is not working, and I have determined that it is the computer that is malfunctioning. I have tried Device Manager with no help there. I am running out of stuff that could go wrong.

**Praetor** · 09-22-2004, 01:55 AM

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The jumpers are set to have the 120 as master and the 250 as slave

Thats your problem because you said....

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I have a homemade (not by me) computer with a 120 GB Maxtor Serial ATA hard-drive

But the thing is, SATA drives dont have this concept of "Master" or "Slave" -- sounds like you have a Maxtor 120GB PATA drive -- make sure there arent master-slave collisions.

Turbo · 09-22-2004, 02:13 AM

The 250 is set to slave, as for the 120, it has no jumper settings shown, so doing any possible combination does nothing. Am I to the point to take it in somewhere?

All I want is to boot off the 120 and move music to the 250, but the local computer place doesn't have the capability to handle a 250 gig drive

**Praetor** · 09-22-2004, 11:11 AM

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as for the 120, it has no jumper settings shown

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The jumpers are set to have the 120 as master

Ok ... now im confused -- do you have a SATA drive or not?

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but the local computer place doesn't have the capability to handle a 250 gig drive

I hope thats not the place you bought it from!

Turbo · 09-22-2004, 07:51 PM

Sorry, but all of this is moot now, as I have all my installation CDs, but my keyboard still isn't being detected. Is there anything else I can try to get it back?

Turbo · 09-22-2004, 08:56 PM

I have now found that I have the Sasser worm, will try to get that taken care of first.

Turbo · 09-23-2004, 03:01 AM

That's done, now I have to visually inspect the PS2 socket to look for damage, that is about the only thing left to look for before I buy a USB keyboard

09-21-2004, 10:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
Turbo New Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ames, Iowa Posts: 7	Problems after adding new hard drive Hello all, I have a problem with my computer that so far no one has been able to figure out. I have a homemade (not by me) computer with a 120 GB Maxtor Serial ATA hard-drive. After seeing ads in the newspaper, I bought a Maxtor 250 GB hard drive from Best Buy. After hooking up the 250 hard drive where one of my CD drives was, the computer cannot find the serial hard drive. I have Windows XP on the 250 hard drive now, but the other hard drive has all my files that I want, but cannot boot from or get to. I have adjusted the CMOS and BIOS settings every possible way, but still there is no detection. I downloaded Maxtor's PowerMax to find the hard drive, but it still won't work. This computer is only three months old and has run on the 120 hard drive for that whole time, so everyone I talk to at college doesn't know what is going on here. Thanks in advance, Matt

09-21-2004, 11:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
jesbax Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: NE Age: 28 Posts: 337	make sure the hard drive is set to the right selection. for example primary is set master which is your hd and the other is set to slave(hd or cd-rom) and make sure your secondary is set the same way. On the lable of the drives has the setting for each setting. __________________ my spelling sucks bad so bear with me. The Rig--(upgraded) amd athlon 64 x2 4800+ 4gb ram 300 gb hdd x2(raid) 80 gb hdd x2(raid) 52x cd-rw 16x dvd+rw dl ati Radeon 9550 256 mb

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09-22-2004, 01:38 AM	#4 (permalink)
Turbo New Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ames, Iowa Posts: 7	Praetor, The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-8I915G Pro. If I disconnect the Maxtor 250 the computer displays the message "disk boot error, insert system disk and press enter". The jumpers are set to have the 120 as master and the 250 as slave, so that isn't the problem. Now, to top it all off, my keyboard is not working, and I have determined that it is the computer that is malfunctioning. I have tried Device Manager with no help there. I am running out of stuff that could go wrong.

09-22-2004, 02:13 AM	#6 (permalink)
Turbo New Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ames, Iowa Posts: 7	The 250 is set to slave, as for the 120, it has no jumper settings shown, so doing any possible combination does nothing. Am I to the point to take it in somewhere? All I want is to boot off the 120 and move music to the 250, but the local computer place doesn't have the capability to handle a 250 gig drive

09-22-2004, 07:51 PM	#8 (permalink)
Turbo New Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ames, Iowa Posts: 7	Sorry, but all of this is moot now, as I have all my installation CDs, but my keyboard still isn't being detected. Is there anything else I can try to get it back?

09-22-2004, 08:56 PM	#9 (permalink)
Turbo New Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ames, Iowa Posts: 7	I have now found that I have the Sasser worm, will try to get that taken care of first.

09-23-2004, 03:01 AM	#10 (permalink)
Turbo New Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ames, Iowa Posts: 7	That's done, now I have to visually inspect the PS2 socket to look for damage, that is about the only thing left to look for before I buy a USB keyboard