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Can't boot new system because of hardware change
Hi, upgraded some of my syetem, got a new motherboard so I need to run setup again.
Only problem is I can't connect my second CD drive to the motherboard because it only has one IDE port. So because I've changed the hardware windows setup doesn't run, is there anyway I can get by this? |
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Howdy:
Why aren't you using your primary harddrive to boot from? Do you have a two connection IDE cable? If not, get one and connect your other hdd to that. Murray |
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I have two IDE disk drives and one IDE hard drive. 3 IDE devices for one slot, I have a cable with two connectors on it.
I was using a IDE-> SATA connector but windows doesn't recognize the drive. Also, when I just connect one CD drive and the hard disk both in my IDE port Windows still wont recognize the Hard drive for setup. |
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Then you are going to need a IDE expansion card or lose one of the optical drives.
Murray |
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