Need Help With Drive Configuration After HD Install

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cynbaker

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Original hardware config for Dell GX270 was 160GB WD Hard Drive, CD Writer, 3.5 Diskette Drive.

Had the problem with the userinit.exe missing. So I:
1) Removed the 3.5 inch floppy
2) Bought new IDE cable with 2 plug ins.
3) Made the new hard drive the master
4) Made the old hard drive the slave

System starts up but I don't understand the hardware configuration in setup. This is what it shows:
Diskette Drive A: Not installed
SATA Prim: Off (capacity NA)
Primary Master: Unknown Device Drive Type: Auto
Primary Slave: Off Drive Type: Off
Secondary Master: CD-Rom Drive Drive Type: Auto
Secondary Slave: Off Drive Type: Off

IDE Drive UDMA: Can be On or Off

Do I have things connected wrong? I want to re-install windows XP on the new drive and removed XP from the old drive and access documents and files. I assume they should both be showing up as Primary Master and Primary Slave??

Sorry. I searched for answers but couldn't find any. Thanks for any help you can give me.
Cindy
 
If I were to just replace the original hard drive with a new one (only one hard drive) where should it show up on the drive configuration?

With an IDE connector - it should recognize the drive without doing anything else?

I did look on the Western Digital website and set the jumper things the way they said. Master with slave present and the other to slave.

I assume the master should be showing up under Primary Master (where it says Unknown now?)

What does Drive Type mean?

Sorry I just don't know anything about all of this.
 
Drive type should be set to auto detect. You need to figure out what the problem is before buying a new drive. I usually set IDE drives to cable select and put the hard drive on the very end connector on the cable.
 
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