re: getting ready to install 2nd HD, lost CD ROM and CD/RW
Friday, December 19, 2003 at 6:35 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Gerry Kroll
(1986 messages posted)
It's more normal to set devices up this way:
If none of the hard drives are ATA66 or ATA100, or if only 1 of them is of these
types:
1st hard drive (the one you boot from): Master on IDE Channel 0
2nd hard drive: Master on IDE Channel 1
CD drive: Slave on IDE Channel 0
CDRW drive: Slave on IDE Channel 1
If both hard drives are ATA66 or ATA100:
1st hard drive (the one you boot from): Master on IDE Channel 0
2nd hard drive: Slave on IDE Channel 0
CDRW drive: Master on IDE Channel 1
CD drive: Slave on IDE Channel 1
Make sure that your BIOS is set to auto-detect all 4 IDE devices.
On Friday, December 19, 2003 at 12:55 pm, Randy wrote:
>My computer has an ECS P6BAT-A+ mother board with Win 98. I am planning to add another
>HD as a slave to the original. When I removed the computer's cover I saw cable configuration
>that was different than I expected.
> All of the instuctions that I've seen say that the master & slave drives (of the
>same type) should be on the same cable with the master at the outside end. Mine
was
>set up so that the bootable master hard drive was in the middle closest to the board
>while...on the same cable...the CD-ROM, set as master, was at the end. The second
>IDE cable had only the CD/RW drive set as slave on it. The third IDE cable is the
>FDD.
> The maker of the new hard drive, Western Digital, confirmed the both HD's should
>be on the same cable so I rearranged things so that: The first IDE cable has only
>the bootable drive installed on it, set as master, at the end of the cable. The
second
>IDE cable has the master CD-ROM at the end of the cable with the slave CD/RW on
the
>middle connector. I then rebooted to check everything before I installed the new
>HD.
> The computer booted ok but I noticed the packet writing icon (InCD) in the systray
>displayed a yellow exclamation mark for conflict. I checked "My Computer" and the
>control panel. There was no sign that these two drives had ever been there. I tried
>"install new hardware" but Win 98 couldn't detect them. I tried opening Nero and
>it said that the WIN-ASPI file is missing. Neither CD drive will operate.
> I would really appreciate any suggestions that anyone may have.
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