Alright, I put my ps2 drive(160) in my pc(20). Worked fine. PC had a critical error so I reformatted my ps2 drive for the pc so i could use a recovery tool to get everything off of the 20gig. Got it all off. Reformatted it, Transfered everything from the 160 to the 20. Reformatted the 160 to use it back in my ps2. Went to take it out and now the computer wont boot without it. So, I reformatted AGAIN this time without it. Seemed to be booting more slowly. After getting it have I wanted it. I put it back in to put some games on it. Put one on it. Went to take it out. Turned the pc back on and the same problem happened. Ive read everywhere on these forums and I cant seem to find anyone who's posted about this problem. Someone please help! Thanx, 1ceCold
Don't be, and don't bump posts. I typically reply to posts with no replies as a priority, so bumped posts sometimes pass me by altogether. What happens when you turn the PC on without the drive? What error do you get? Are you sure the drive doesn't have anything related to windows on it? However, before you answer those, does the drive have jumpers? I'm going to assume from the fact you have a 20GB Drive, and the other went in a PS2, that both are IDE (the large 40-pin connector). This means they must be setup as master or slave. There is usually a jumper involved in setting that (a metal slot that bridges two pins together, see the hard drive's label for which pins). Check the drive in your PC is set to be master, then check it's detected as master in the BIOS.
Thank you, And sorry for the bumping. Im at my brothers and this is his computer. So I was kind of in a hurry because I am leaving soon. But, I have done MORE research and finally figured out the problem was the 20 gig. Its a WD, Turns out that the Jumpers were set wrong. I did not know that WD's have to have a slave drive while their set for master. I set them both for CS and it boots fine! Well, I thank all of you. sammorris I am very experienced with computer and this makes me feel like a moron. Ive never seen anything like this thats why I flipped out. Look on google and MANY people experienced have ran into the same problem. Thats WD for you! Lol, Thanks to all and I love your forums for alot of things. 1ceCold
As far as I know all hard drives were like it, not just WDs. (Sorry if the post was patronising by the way, I don't have any prior knowledge of how much you know about PCs)
Yeah DDP, You're correct because ive built computers and never had that problem. Damn WD's. Well, We all learn something everyday. Thanx again
That's interesting, I've used WDs for a long time and always liked them, with the exception of the 500GB SE16 drive, which I've had two faulty ones, not dead, but problems (one wouldn't write properly, kept getting delayed write failures, and the other one has bad sectors)
If you have the need for 7 hard drives on one computer, I surmise that you have more problems than a bad WD drive and your need to bump your post.
