Cable position only matters if the drives are set to Cable Select (CS) and
the cable is properly wired. Many OEM/Whitebox cables are not up to the
task, and Master/Slave is generally preferred. That said, the Master goes on
the middle connector, the slave at the end.

Check the jumpers again, and if you have a make.model spec for the slave
drive, I can try to locate better info.

Does the master happen to have different settings depending on whether it's
a "Master with no slave present" or "Single", as opposed to "Master with
Slave Present"? Many drives are like that.

Addendum: That is supposed to be HDD{zero}, not HDD{oh}.

Jus to make sure -- when both drives are plugged in it tries to boot to the
Slave drive? If that is truly the case, then all I can think of is jumper
issues, or cable position if using CS.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"charles bridges" wrote in message
.. .

OK you are right, it is set to boot HDDO master, HDD1 slave. HDDO is the
drive that has windows on it. HDD0 is jumpered for master. HDD1 is ( I
think) jumpered for slave. It is hard to tell by what is marked on this
HDD. HDD0 is very obvious the way it is marked.

Both HDD's are on the same cable. Which one should be on the end of the
cable?

I'm sure these questions are elementary to you guys, but I have just
started
to learn a little about computers.

Thanks for all the help.
Charles