New hd and os

Well I got a new hd, to be a slave, and xp from a friend.
Not sure what one it is. Ok, I tried setting up the hd,
set it to slave specs from manufac. website, now I got a
missing operating system error, and bios does not
recognise it... Please help?

Not sure what any of this has to do with this newsgroup.

Set the hard drive that has been in your system as master w/slave.
"Sly" wrote in message
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Well I got a new hd, to be a slave, and xp from a friend.
Not sure what one it is. Ok, I tried setting up the hd,
set it to slave specs from manufac. website, now I got a
missing operating system error, and bios does not
recognise it... Please help?

Remember installing a second drive may affect the jumper setting for the
primary drive too.

Check your setup cables and jumpers. Furthermore, if you have an old
motherboard it may not be able to handle the drive.

--
Jon Hildrum
DTS MVP

www.hildrum.com
"Sly" wrote in message
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Well I got a new hd, to be a slave, and xp from a friend.
Not sure what one it is. Ok, I tried setting up the hd,
set it to slave specs from manufac. website, now I got a
missing operating system error, and bios does not
recognise it... Please help?

try one thing at a time
"Sly" wrote in message
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Well I got a new hd, to be a slave, and xp from a friend.
Not sure what one it is. Ok, I tried setting up the hd,
set it to slave specs from manufac. website, now I got a
missing operating system error, and bios does not
recognise it... Please help?


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lol thats what I am doin, I did the dvd burner first, now
I want to get the hd working then the os

-----Original Message-----
Not sure what any of this has to do with this newsgroup.

Set the hard drive that has been in your system as master
w/slave.
"Sly" wrote in
message
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Well I got a new hd, to be a slave, and xp from a
friend.

Not sure what one it is. Ok, I tried setting up the hd,
set it to slave specs from manufac. website, now I got a
missing operating system error, and bios does not
recognise it... Please help?

.

I assume that the W98 system was working before you installed the new hard
disk (otherwise why would you be asking about XP in a W98 newsgroup). The
error means that the new HD is preventing the system from accessing the
original HD. Either the new hard disk is not compatible with the original,
the original needs to be re-jumpered to indicate that there is now a slave
installed, the new HD has not been jumpered correctly, or you have
accidentally dislodged a cable (power or data) from the original HD).
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
"Sly" wrote in message
...
Well I got a new hd, to be a slave, and xp from a friend.
Not sure what one it is. Ok, I tried setting up the hd,
set it to slave specs from manufac. website, now I got a
missing operating system error, and bios does not
recognise it... Please help?

Ok, so I need to have my master also set to master, cause
there are no jumper covers in the select for master or
slave, its just the pins..

-----Original Message-----
I assume that the W98 system was working before you
installed the new hard
disk (otherwise why would you be asking about XP in a W98
newsgroup). The
error means that the new HD is preventing the system from
accessing the
original HD. Either the new hard disk is not compatible
with the original,
the original needs to be re-jumpered to indicate that
there is now a slave
installed, the new HD has not been jumpered correctly, or
you have
accidentally dislodged a cable (power or data) from the
original HD).
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
"Sly" wrote in
message
...
Well I got a new hd, to be a slave, and xp from a
friend.
Not sure what one it is. Ok, I tried setting up the hd,
set it to slave specs from manufac. website, now I got a
missing operating system error, and bios does not
recognise it... Please help?


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If this is the cause of the problem, then you need to set the original disk
jumpers according to the manufacturer's instructions for a master with
slave. Without knowing what these are, it's not possible to be precise.
Some disk have a special setting for 'master with slave', others use the
same setting for 'master' and 'master with slave'.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
wrote in message
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Ok, so I need to have my master also set to master, cause
there are no jumper covers in the select for master or
slave, its just the pins..

tnx got it working, now one more thing. Its a 60 gb hd,
but when I got to wondows it says that its only a 30 gb
drive.. Do you have any idea?
-----Original Message-----
If this is the cause of the problem, then you need to set
the original disk
jumpers according to the manufacturer's instructions for
a master with
slave. Without knowing what these are, it's not possible
to be precise.
Some disk have a special setting for 'master with slave',
others use the
same setting for 'master' and 'master with slave'.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
wrote in message
...
Ok, so I need to have my master also set to master,
cause
there are no jumper covers in the select for master or
slave, its just the pins..



.

Windows will report partitions not disks, so I would say that you have
created a 30Gb partition on a 60Gb disk.

Do FDISK /Status in a DOS window to see the disk and partition information.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
"sly" wrote in message
...
tnx got it working, now one more thing. Its a 60 gb hd,
but when I got to wondows it says that its only a 30 gb
drive.. Do you have any idea?
-----Original Message-----
If this is the cause of the problem, then you need to set
the original disk
jumpers according to the manufacturer's instructions for
a master with
slave. Without knowing what these are, it's not possible
to be precise.
Some disk have a special setting for 'master with slave',
others use the
same setting for 'master' and 'master with slave'.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
wrote in message
...
Ok, so I need to have my master also set to master,
cause
there are no jumper covers in the select for master or
slave, its just the pins..



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