The other day, I was connecting a new DVD drive. After the computer wouldn't recognize it, I disconnected what I THOUGHT was an old floppy drive we no longer used, so that I could connect a different IDE cable to it, in hopes that it would make the DVD drive work. It turns out that I disconnected my hard drive. I've reconnected it the same way it was connected before, I've disconnected and reconnected the IDE cables, I've made sure that pin 1 it connected to the striped end, I've tried to change boot order (It doesn't recognize the Hard Drive), It is now connected just as another computer in my house is connected. I only have one hard drive on that computer, and I'm running windows XP. How do I make it work?
I Accedentally disconected my hard drive
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The_Other_One
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You're OS will make no difference in how the thing boots if it worked before. I suspect you still did something wrong as disconnecting a drive is very common. I'd say remove all the cables and start over. Be sure you're using the primary IDE controller. Only connect the harddrive and see if it workes first. Work you're way up from that point. Make sure you use the original and/or correct cables.
Check all pins...on the drive and on the mobo. Be sure none are bent or broken. Check the drive jumpes, be sure they are all in the correct spot.
Remember, floppy is 34pin, IDE is 40pin(or 80 conductor if you have ATA100+)
Check all pins...on the drive and on the mobo. Be sure none are bent or broken. Check the drive jumpes, be sure they are all in the correct spot.
Remember, floppy is 34pin, IDE is 40pin(or 80 conductor if you have ATA100+)