Verifyin DMI Pool Data... help please?

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jervin

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I dont know whether this is in the right topic...

This is before...

Primary Master: Maxtor 80g HD
Primary Slave: Liteon DVD rom
Secondary Master: Liteon Cd-Burner
Secondary Slave: none

This is my current master/slave configuration

Primary Master: Maxtor 80g HD
Primary Slave: Maxtor 40g HD
Secondary Master: Liteon Cd-Burner
Secondary Slave: Liteon DVD rom

by using this config, i have no problem when first entering windows Xp, but if i restart my computer in windows, i will encounter this problem b4 the windows logon logo


Verifying DMI Pool Data
Boot from CD:
Boot from CD:

Invalid system disk
Replace the disk, and then press any key.


for your infomation, there is no cd in either drive. and i set first second third boot device all to HDD-0

Problem will not occur if i remove the 40g HD or both disk drives.

So can anyone please help me?


EDIT: problem solve, never use a 40 conductor IDE cable for harddisk... always use the newer 80 conductor IDE cable for all devices...
 
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I'm having the same error. I have two seagate drives as master and slave, and a Western Digital drive on SATA. I bought a new case, and after I moved everything over it wouldn't start up properly. AFAIK everything is plugged in exactly as it was in the old case, and it starts up fine without the WD HD plugged in. There is also a quiet tapping sound coming from the drive :O I gather it is toast. Pisses me off a bit because it is only a few months old. I have drives that are ten years old that still work. There was not a huge amount that was irreplaceable on it, but 500 gig is a lot of crap to lose. Oh well. I knew it would happen one day.
 
Yeah, I read that. I think it IS the hard drive, as nothing else is different, and I guess they can get damaged from handling. I haven't tried formatting, but it's mainly the data I'm concerned about, so I'm gonna wait a while before I do that.
 
jervin said:
EDIT: problem solve, never use a 40 conductor IDE cable for harddisk... always use the newer 80 conductor IDE cable for all devices...
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Correct, if you are trying to maximize the transfer rates and you have Ultra ATA capable drives. Other than that, 40 conductor IDE cables will still work. If they had been working before in your system, it is possible that a wire broke internally on the cable during a recent journey inside your case.



ballzac said:
Yeah, I read that. I think it IS the hard drive, as nothing else is different, and I guess they can get damaged from handling. I haven't tried formatting, but it's mainly the data I'm concerned about, so I'm gonna wait a while before I do that.
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Yes, if you mishandle the drive it can become physically damaged. Can you get it to mount in your old system though?
 
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