Disk Boot Failure when trying to install 2nd HDD

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  1. Ph0BoLuS

    Ph0BoLuS Regular member

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    hi me again..i just bought another HDD because the old fujitsu wasnt compatible with my ps2 so now i have a Maxtor Fireball 3 2F040J0 40gb and i have no idea why, but it worked before i backed up some of the games i have onto the hard drive and played it, but now whenever i try to connect it to the computer it says the same message as before "Disk boot failure." This HDD doesnt need a jumper pin to be set on slave so that cant be the problem..any suggestions?
     
    Ph0BoLuS, Feb 28, 2007
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    what is the maxtor jumpered as & what ide cable is it on as in primary or secondary ide??
     
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    i have the maxtor jumpered as slave..i dont need to use the jumper pin because the sticker on the HDD says for it to be a slave it shouldnt have a pin in it. Its in the secondary IDE, somehow i got it to start regularly with the 40gb Maxtor connected, but whenever i try to select it with Winhiip it's not there.

    EDIT: whenever i exit out of the BIOS screen i get this message

    Primary Slave Drive Failes

    Press F1 to continue, f2 to enter setup
     
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    Ph0BoLuS, Mar 1, 2007
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