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Windows XP wont boot after installing a new HDD

  • 23-05-2006 9:31am
    #1
    jjbrien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,678 ✭✭✭


    I hope you guys can help me out. I put a new HDD into my pc last night but when I conected it on a new ide windows wont boot. I take thae hdd out an it boots fine. This is a second HDD I am installing on a new IDE cable. Does anybody know what the problem is. I have the bios setup to boot from my other HDD first and CD rom second.


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  • #2
    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 18,808 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    Right you need to add the second hard drive as a slave to the first!! That way it will be picked up but after the windows one!! ;)


  • #3
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    As Jonny said, Windows is detecting your new HDD and believes that it's there and only there that it'll find your OS.

    Just check the jumper positions on both hard drives. There's a chance that your original may not have been setup as master which was never a problem until you added the second drive.


  • #4
    jjbrien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,678 ✭✭✭jjbrien


    Ok thanks for that just to clarfy the following is the setup as it stands in my pc
    The boot hdd and DVD-ROM are one one IDE together the HDD is the master and the DVD-ROM is the Slave the second HDD i connected to a new IDE cable as the master so if I change this to slave it should be ok?


  • #5
    irlrobins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭irlrobins


    I'd put the two hard drives on the same cable and the DVD drive on the second cable. Put windows HD as master and new drive as slave. Put master on the end of the cable and slave on the connector below that.


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