If you were using some disk management software for the Quantum drive when
it was a slave in the old machine, then that software is not running now and
the partitioning will not be recognised by Windows. That would produce the
symptoms you are seeing - the drive is recognised in BIOS and some
information can be accessed but it is inconsistent and not sufficient to
allow Windows (or DOS) to recognise it as properly partitioned or formatted.

This would be the case if the old BIOS was not capable of recognising the
full capacity of that drive and you had to use management software to make
it compatible, or if you originally configured the drive using the drive
manufacturer's configuration utility (whether it was really needed or not).

You can get a similar result if the logical block mapping is different
between the two BIOSes. Sometimes, manually configuring the BIOS settings
for the new machine can get you back to a compatible setting.

It's also possible that when the motherboard died it took the drive with it.
Run the manufacturer's diagnostics to confirm that the drive really is
working OK.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"MEB" meb@not wrote in message
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Hi Mike,

If you post this issue in microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion you will
find more help. Let's see if a cross-post goes through, you'll need to
pick
up that group if you aren't already pulling it [monitoring]

"mikesmith" wrote in message
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| Im having sort of the same problem as philo
| My Operating System is Windows 98SE..
| Ok here goes...
| my computer motherboard *WAS*an ABIT KT7-RAID it died...
| when the computer was running i had 2 hard drives installed on it..
| 1 MASTER (Operating System 98SE* And Programs ONLY*)..
| 1 SLAVE (for Data Backup And Storage Only)
| both hard drives were on the *same IDE Cable*
| their pins were set on MASTER and SlAVE
| *Not* on cable select....
|
| the Master hard drive was a
| IBM DeskStar Hard Drive
| Model: DPTA-371360 (ATA)
| 13.6 GB 7200 RPM
| P/N 31L9151
|
| the Slave hard drive was a
| Quantum Fireball Hard Drive
| Quantum Fireball lct20
| Model ID: QML20000LD-A
| 20.4 GB 4500 RPM
| P/N 204531-001
|
| heres what happened
| well my motherboard died so i got another motherboard that would work
with
| my parts off my old system..
| a friend gave me a striped Compaq computer (MotherBoard and Case Only)
| a *Compaq 5000US*
| besides no over clocking in the Bios on the Compaq like My KT-7 had it
works
| pretty good..
| i installed my processor (AMD Athlon 1200 - A1200AMS3B)
| and my Memory sticks...
| i installed My Windows 98SE Operating system On the IBM hard drive..
| *just like on My old system*
| Got it All running good...
| im using it right now typing this...
| its all running GREAT..
| HERES THE PROBLEM..
| then When i went to Put in My Quantum disk Drive with ALL my data on it
| on the same IDE cable as The IBM with my OS
| *just like i had set up in my old system*
| REMEMBER i have the Quantum Slaved ALL READY..i Didn't Change Anything
| Started up my System...
| i Got a ERROR...
| NO DISK FOUND
| my system wouldent boot up..
| i restarted and checked in my BIOS..
| both Hard Drives were listed in the Bios As they should be..right Size
and
| all..
| restarted it again...nothing..same Error
| shut it all down...pulled out the Quantum Hard drive...
| it stared up fine..booted fine no problems..system running good
| so i thought id try putting the Quantum On the Second IDE cable...
| the system booted up then...BUT NO D: DRIVE was showing...just the C:
drive
| was showing up...
| pulled out the Quantum Again..put the Pin on the Quantum to Master..
| same thing the drive was NOT showing...only the C: drive showing
| restarted the computer again..
| looked in my Bios Again..there it was Again..but showing as a Master on
the
| Second IDE now...like it should..since i changed it to that...
| restarted my system...
| NO D: drive showing up..
| pulled out the Quantum...
| put back My DVD burner and DVD ROM back on to the Second IDE...
| they were working fine...so i know the Second IDE works
| PUT the Quantium back in...then *checked it in Fdisk*..
| it was showing up There...**BUT** the FAT wasent showing..it was showing
as
| UNKNOWN....Not FAT32 like it should be..the IBM was showing FAT32
| i thought what the hecks going on i didnt change anything on it...
| just pluged it in on my new system...
| then i tried checking it with the Quantium Disk tool in DOS..
| (Maxator Max Blaster 4.0 Partition tool)..
| it was showing up as FAT32 in the Quantum disk tool...like it should..
| i thought whats going on..one DOS tools showing it...ones not..
| what the hecks going on....im worried im going to loose all my data i
thought
| was safe due to being on a seperate hard drive disk..
| i didnt change anything on it just pluged it on to another Windows 98
system
| it should be working fine..
| i have done this before with other peoples system..pulled a hard drive
from
| one Windows 98 system..Slaved the Hard drive pin..
| Put it on to another windows 98 system and had it always showed and was
| always able to get data from them...
| whats up with this one???
| i am SOOO lost..
| why isen't the FAT32 showing in Fdisk now
| and *WHY IS IT*showing in the Quantium Disk tool for that type of hard
| drive...
| it was working fine before...
| all i did was take a SLAVED Hard drive DATA Disk that was working fine..
| and put it onto another system..
| why isen't it working now??
|