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Lost 2nd hard drive with Zip install
Hoping someone can help. I have a 600Mhz PC running
Win98. I have two hard drives on the primary IDE controller and a CD-RW on the second. I wanted to add an internal Zip drive I have as a slave on the secondary, but when I do, it shows up but I lose access to my slave hard drive on the primary. I get a disable (red icon) on one hard drive in device mgr and a yellow exclam. on the primary IDE controller. Any suggestions? |
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Lost 2nd hard drive with Zip install
-----Original Message----- Hoping someone can help. I have a 600Mhz PC running Win98. I have two hard drives on the primary IDE controller and a CD-RW on the second. I wanted to add an internal Zip drive I have as a slave on the secondary, but when I do, it shows up but I lose access to my slave hard drive on the primary. I get a disable (red icon) on one hard drive in device mgr and a yellow exclam. on the primary IDE controller. Any suggestions? . Lisa,does your bios setting give you an option for selecting the type of IDE device(HDD,CD-ROM,ZIP) connected to the secondary channels?You say it shows up,but can the Zip read and write at this point?I would first make doubly sure your jumper on the Zip is configured for "slave" and check carefully that no pins are bent on both the motherboard connector and the Zip.When you turn on the pc as it's booting up,does it show the ALL the 4 IDE devices in the right order?.If not,and you are sure your secondary channel devices are jumpered correctly,i would remove each of the secondary devices in Device Manager and then Remove the Secondary IDE Controller also and reboot.The system will reinstall the secondary IDE Controller.If things still don't work properly,configure the Zip as a master and just connect that on the secondary and see what happens.Is that Zip a 100 or 250 MB unit.Trying another cable is another option,although those cables usually don't go bad unless handled constantly.I', curious about this one,as that is the exact setup i have on one system. |
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