Slave HD.

I am running Win98SE on a 40gig HD. No problems there at
all. I have this small 6gig,formatted/fat32 blank HD I
want to connect as slave.
The plan is to download all extra utility programs to it
so I can reinstall them from there if need be. Plus,it can
be removed ,if ever needed, to install the software on to
other machines. These stored .exe programs would be like
Spybot S&D,Adaware,AV updates etc.
The problem is. I set the master HD jumper to Master
w/slave. And the slave HD to slave as per diagrams on the
cases. Install and connect wireing. Turn the PC on and all
works.
Windows boots to desktop the slave is shown in My
Computer and in Device Manager with no problems.
But, when I shutdown and reboot or restart the system
freezes after bios screens and before desktop. It will not
boot pass this no matter how many times I try. Until I
unplug the slave. Then the machine boots normal.
I can then shut PC down and reconnect the slave and it
will boot OK. But again at restart or shutdown/boot it
freezes.
Have tried the layout in all ways. Changing the jumpers
changing the position on the ribbon connector.
Even booted with only the blank drive connected and did a
full scan disk via the 98 boot disk. Which showed the HD
in perfect condition.
The bottom line is the system will only boot once with a
slave but not twice.
Also have checked bios for anything that may be causing
this. I have the MB owners manual. And I went through each
window and read the manual very carefully on each line to
see if there was anything that might be the cause. Nothing.
Any ideas would be appreciated.

"98 Slave" wrote in message
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I am running Win98SE on a 40gig HD. No problems there at
all. I have this small 6gig,formatted/fat32 blank HD I
want to connect as slave.
The plan is to download all extra utility programs to it
so I can reinstall them from there if need be. Plus,it can
be removed ,if ever needed, to install the software on to
other machines. These stored .exe programs would be like
Spybot S&D,Adaware,AV updates etc.
The problem is. I set the master HD jumper to Master
w/slave. And the slave HD to slave as per diagrams on the
cases. Install and connect wireing. Turn the PC on and all
works.
Windows boots to desktop the slave is shown in My
Computer and in Device Manager with no problems.
But, when I shutdown and reboot or restart the system
freezes after bios screens and before desktop. It will not
boot pass this no matter how many times I try. Until I
unplug the slave. Then the machine boots normal.
I can then shut PC down and reconnect the slave and it
will boot OK. But again at restart or shutdown/boot it
freezes.
Have tried the layout in all ways. Changing the jumpers
changing the position on the ribbon connector.
Even booted with only the blank drive connected and did a
full scan disk via the 98 boot disk. Which showed the HD
in perfect condition.
The bottom line is the system will only boot once with a
slave but not twice.
Also have checked bios for anything that may be causing
this. I have the MB owners manual. And I went through each
window and read the manual very carefully on each line to
see if there was anything that might be the cause. Nothing.
Any ideas would be appreciated.


set it up the way you originally had it and go to your BIOS

there should be "IDE autodetect" or something like it ...

if that does not detect your primary and slave drives...then your
cableing/jumpers are wrong

if it detects both and you save settings on exit , there should be no
problem

Have already checked that. It is set that way.
Thank you for the fast responce. Any More?
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"98 Slave" wrote in
message
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I am running Win98SE on a 40gig HD. No problems there at
all. I have this small 6gig,formatted/fat32 blank HD I
want to connect as slave.
The plan is to download all extra utility programs to
it
so I can reinstall them from there if need be. Plus,it
can
be removed ,if ever needed, to install the software on
to
other machines. These stored .exe programs would be like
Spybot S&D,Adaware,AV updates etc.
The problem is. I set the master HD jumper to Master
w/slave. And the slave HD to slave as per diagrams on
the
cases. Install and connect wireing. Turn the PC on and
all
works.
Windows boots to desktop the slave is shown in My
Computer and in Device Manager with no problems.
But, when I shutdown and reboot or restart the system
freezes after bios screens and before desktop. It will
not
boot pass this no matter how many times I try. Until I
unplug the slave. Then the machine boots normal.
I can then shut PC down and reconnect the slave and it
will boot OK. But again at restart or shutdown/boot it
freezes.
Have tried the layout in all ways. Changing the jumpers
changing the position on the ribbon connector.
Even booted with only the blank drive connected and
did a
full scan disk via the 98 boot disk. Which showed the HD
in perfect condition.
The bottom line is the system will only boot once with
a
slave but not twice.
Also have checked bios for anything that may be causing
this. I have the MB owners manual. And I went through
each
window and read the manual very carefully on each line
to
see if there was anything that might be the cause.
Nothing.
Any ideas would be appreciated.


set it up the way you originally had it and go to your
BIOS

there should be "IDE autodetect" or something like it ...

if that does not detect your primary and slave
drives...then your
cableing/jumpers are wrong

if it detects both and you save settings on exit , there
should be no
problem


.

Well, you have a 40GB WD for starters, the other 6GB is of unknown mfr to
date.
Try keeping the master at the end of the cable, always.
Get a 80 wire ide cable, 18 inches in length.
After the bios finds and maps each HD in auto, switch to user. Settings
should show for each. Save, and reboot.
If that don't work, change the bios setting back to auto. Then move
whatever is on the secondary to the primary, slave position. And, place the
6GB in the location vacated.
"98 Slave" wrote in message
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I am running Win98SE on a 40gig HD. No problems there at
all. I have this small 6gig,formatted/fat32 blank HD I
want to connect as slave.
The plan is to download all extra utility programs to it
so I can reinstall them from there if need be. Plus,it can
be removed ,if ever needed, to install the software on to
other machines. These stored .exe programs would be like
Spybot S&D,Adaware,AV updates etc.
The problem is. I set the master HD jumper to Master
w/slave. And the slave HD to slave as per diagrams on the
cases. Install and connect wireing. Turn the PC on and all
works.
Windows boots to desktop the slave is shown in My
Computer and in Device Manager with no problems.
But, when I shutdown and reboot or restart the system
freezes after bios screens and before desktop. It will not
boot pass this no matter how many times I try. Until I
unplug the slave. Then the machine boots normal.
I can then shut PC down and reconnect the slave and it
will boot OK. But again at restart or shutdown/boot it
freezes.
Have tried the layout in all ways. Changing the jumpers
changing the position on the ribbon connector.
Even booted with only the blank drive connected and did a
full scan disk via the 98 boot disk. Which showed the HD
in perfect condition.
The bottom line is the system will only boot once with a
slave but not twice.
Also have checked bios for anything that may be causing
this. I have the MB owners manual. And I went through each
window and read the manual very carefully on each line to
see if there was anything that might be the cause. Nothing.
Any ideas would be appreciated.

Try setting the HD jumpers to 'cable select.


-----Original Message-----
I am running Win98SE on a 40gig HD. No problems there at
all. I have this small 6gig,formatted/fat32 blank HD I
want to connect as slave.
The plan is to download all extra utility programs to it
so I can reinstall them from there if need be. Plus,it
can
be removed ,if ever needed, to install the software on to
other machines. These stored .exe programs would be like
Spybot S&D,Adaware,AV updates etc.
The problem is. I set the master HD jumper to Master
w/slave. And the slave HD to slave as per diagrams on the
cases. Install and connect wireing. Turn the PC on and
all
works.
Windows boots to desktop the slave is shown in My
Computer and in Device Manager with no problems.
But, when I shutdown and reboot or restart the system
freezes after bios screens and before desktop. It will
not
boot pass this no matter how many times I try. Until I
unplug the slave. Then the machine boots normal.
I can then shut PC down and reconnect the slave and it
will boot OK. But again at restart or shutdown/boot it
freezes.
Have tried the layout in all ways. Changing the jumpers
changing the position on the ribbon connector.
Even booted with only the blank drive connected and did
a
full scan disk via the 98 boot disk. Which showed the HD
in perfect condition.
The bottom line is the system will only boot once with a
slave but not twice.
Also have checked bios for anything that may be causing
this. I have the MB owners manual. And I went through
each
window and read the manual very carefully on each line to
see if there was anything that might be the cause.
Nothing.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
.