This is supposed to be a simple process...
I have a Dell 4600 (winxp sp2, up-to-date BIOS) that came with a 80gb Western Digital IDE HD, it all works great. I took a 120gb Maxtor IDE HD out of another computer. I want to copy files from it to my dell, format it, and then use it as a secondary/slave drive in the Dell.
To do this I should only have to set the 80gb as the master, the 120gb as the slave, make sure that each one is on the right spot on the ribbon, and set the BIOS to "automatic", within the secondary drive section.
Problem is that when I do all that and boot up the computer it hangs on the "Dell screen" and then tells me "Primary Drive 0 Not found, Primary Drive 1 Not Found." I can try again using F1 or go into BIOS with F2. If I go into the BIOS, under Drive Config, both the Primary Master Drive and the Primary Slave Drive are labled as "unknown device."
Now, I have tried all sorts of different jumper position combinations on both drives. I have also tried switching their positions on the ribbon and playing with the jumpers then too. It is as if no matter what I do, when that 120gb drive is attached, the Dell cannot see it or my origional drive... I know that both drives are in good working order.
I did try attaching a different drive as a Slave just to see if it would work. Following the setup I said I tried first, winxp loaded just fine and it recognized the new drive, which is an old Seagate 40gb. I could only see it under Disk Management because winXP didn't automatically assign it a drive letter, but maybe that has to do with its partitions... whatever.
I think the problem is specific to my dell model or age. Or maybe it can't handle the size of the new drive (though I've tried the "cap limit" jumper setting). Very weird... Does anyone have any confident suggestions? Thank you in advance!
and I've tried different ribbons...
I have a Dell 4600 (winxp sp2, up-to-date BIOS) that came with a 80gb Western Digital IDE HD, it all works great. I took a 120gb Maxtor IDE HD out of another computer. I want to copy files from it to my dell, format it, and then use it as a secondary/slave drive in the Dell.
To do this I should only have to set the 80gb as the master, the 120gb as the slave, make sure that each one is on the right spot on the ribbon, and set the BIOS to "automatic", within the secondary drive section.
Problem is that when I do all that and boot up the computer it hangs on the "Dell screen" and then tells me "Primary Drive 0 Not found, Primary Drive 1 Not Found." I can try again using F1 or go into BIOS with F2. If I go into the BIOS, under Drive Config, both the Primary Master Drive and the Primary Slave Drive are labled as "unknown device."
Now, I have tried all sorts of different jumper position combinations on both drives. I have also tried switching their positions on the ribbon and playing with the jumpers then too. It is as if no matter what I do, when that 120gb drive is attached, the Dell cannot see it or my origional drive... I know that both drives are in good working order.
I did try attaching a different drive as a Slave just to see if it would work. Following the setup I said I tried first, winxp loaded just fine and it recognized the new drive, which is an old Seagate 40gb. I could only see it under Disk Management because winXP didn't automatically assign it a drive letter, but maybe that has to do with its partitions... whatever.
I think the problem is specific to my dell model or age. Or maybe it can't handle the size of the new drive (though I've tried the "cap limit" jumper setting). Very weird... Does anyone have any confident suggestions? Thank you in advance!
and I've tried different ribbons...
