Can't install XP Pro

I wrote before about not installing to 2 drives on a P2B Motherboard. I
figured out that the one drive I was using a 40GB drive was no good. I put
in others and they worked fine. But I tried a WD 120GB drive and it would
not work either it started to boot and stuck where it said detecting HDD
Primary Master...[Press F4 to skip]
F4 doesn't work when it goess there it is set to auto in CMOS and it will
not recognize it when i do a check.
Any ideas? My 120 couldn't be screwed also could it they are different
companies and sizes 120-40GB Western Digital 120 & Seagate Barracuda 40GB
Thanks Bruce

One of the drives has to be a master and the other a slave? The Windows CD
is bootable, so that is how the installation and format of your hard drive
will be accomplished.

"Me2Ewe" <blawrence@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:O0tYsQ0DGHA.1472@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I wrote before about not installing to 2 drives on a P2B Motherboard. I
>figured out that the one drive I was using a 40GB drive was no good. I put
>in others and they worked fine. But I tried a WD 120GB drive and it would
>not work either it started to boot and stuck where it said detecting HDD
>Primary Master...[Press F4 to skip]
> F4 doesn't work when it goess there it is set to auto in CMOS and it will
> not recognize it when i do a check.
> Any ideas? My 120 couldn't be screwed also could it they are different
> companies and sizes 120-40GB Western Digital 120 & Seagate Barracuda 40GB
> Thanks Bruce
>

Go to HD MFG website and download HD Diagnostics!!

"Me2Ewe" wrote:

> I wrote before about not installing to 2 drives on a P2B Motherboard. I
> figured out that the one drive I was using a 40GB drive was no good. I put
> in others and they worked fine. But I tried a WD 120GB drive and it would
> not work either it started to boot and stuck where it said detecting HDD
> Primary Master...[Press F4 to skip]
> F4 doesn't work when it goess there it is set to auto in CMOS and it will
> not recognize it when i do a check.
> Any ideas? My 120 couldn't be screwed also could it they are different
> companies and sizes 120-40GB Western Digital 120 & Seagate Barracuda 40GB
> Thanks Bruce
>
>
>

<HD MFG> That is Hard Drive right?
It happened with two different Hard drives Western Digital & Seagate
Barracuda... Could it be a CMOS Setting not right? How would I check that?
Thanx for reply
B
"Dixonian69" <Dixonian69@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Go to HD MFG website and download HD Diagnostics!!
>
> "Me2Ewe" wrote:
>
>> I wrote before about not installing to 2 drives on a P2B Motherboard. I
>> figured out that the one drive I was using a 40GB drive was no good. I
>> put
>> in others and they worked fine. But I tried a WD 120GB drive and it would
>> not work either it started to boot and stuck where it said detecting HDD
>> Primary Master...[Press F4 to skip]
>> F4 doesn't work when it goess there it is set to auto in CMOS and it will
>> not recognize it when i do a check.
>> Any ideas? My 120 couldn't be screwed also could it they are different
>> companies and sizes 120-40GB Western Digital 120 & Seagate Barracuda
>> 40GB
>> Thanks Bruce
>>
>>
>>

If the HD is not recognised in Bios then either its failed or you havent
connected/jumpered it correctly
Using different manu.hd's doesnt matter.

"Me2Ewe" <blawrence@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> <HD MFG> That is Hard Drive right?
> It happened with two different Hard drives Western Digital & Seagate
> Barracuda... Could it be a CMOS Setting not right? How would I check that?
> Thanx for reply
> B
> "Dixonian69" <Dixonian69@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A92A9E55-F6A7-4240-8AC2-1BA03CA745AA@microsoft.com...
> > Go to HD MFG website and download HD Diagnostics!!
> >
> > "Me2Ewe" wrote:
> >
> >> I wrote before about not installing to 2 drives on a P2B Motherboard. I
> >> figured out that the one drive I was using a 40GB drive was no good. I
> >> put
> >> in others and they worked fine. But I tried a WD 120GB drive and it
would
> >> not work either it started to boot and stuck where it said detecting
HDD
> >> Primary Master...[Press F4 to skip]
> >> F4 doesn't work when it goess there it is set to auto in CMOS and it
will
> >> not recognize it when i do a check.
> >> Any ideas? My 120 couldn't be screwed also could it they are different
> >> companies and sizes 120-40GB Western Digital 120 & Seagate Barracuda
> >> 40GB
> >> Thanks Bruce
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

yes. HD =hard drive
MFG= manufacturer

"Me2Ewe" wrote:

> <HD MFG> That is Hard Drive right?
> It happened with two different Hard drives Western Digital & Seagate
> Barracuda... Could it be a CMOS Setting not right? How would I check that?
> Thanx for reply
> B
> "Dixonian69" <Dixonian69@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A92A9E55-F6A7-4240-8AC2-1BA03CA745AA@microsoft.com...
> > Go to HD MFG website and download HD Diagnostics!!
> >
> > "Me2Ewe" wrote:
> >
> >> I wrote before about not installing to 2 drives on a P2B Motherboard. I
> >> figured out that the one drive I was using a 40GB drive was no good. I
> >> put
> >> in others and they worked fine. But I tried a WD 120GB drive and it would
> >> not work either it started to boot and stuck where it said detecting HDD
> >> Primary Master...[Press F4 to skip]
> >> F4 doesn't work when it goess there it is set to auto in CMOS and it will
> >> not recognize it when i do a check.
> >> Any ideas? My 120 couldn't be screwed also could it they are different
> >> companies and sizes 120-40GB Western Digital 120 & Seagate Barracuda
> >> 40GB
> >> Thanks Bruce
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Me2Ewe wrote:

> <HD MFG> That is Hard Drive right?
> It happened with two different Hard drives Western Digital & Seagate
> Barracuda... Could it be a CMOS Setting not right? How would I check
> that? Thanx for reply

If you have tried two different, known-healthy hard drives in your
computer and they are not being seen and/or you cannot install Windows,
AND the drives are correctly jumpered, AND you are using a new and
correct 80-pin ribbon cable, then the fault is on the motherboard. Get
a new motherboard.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Also review the jumpers on the "now to be master" drive,(master w/slave)
for WD drives.

Me2Ewe wrote:

> <HD MFG> That is Hard Drive right?
> It happened with two different Hard drives Western Digital & Seagate
> Barracuda... Could it be a CMOS Setting not right? How would I check that?
> Thanx for reply
> B
> "Dixonian69" <Dixonian69@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A92A9E55-F6A7-4240-8AC2-1BA03CA745AA@microsoft.com...
>
>>Go to HD MFG website and download HD Diagnostics!!
>>
>>"Me2Ewe" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I wrote before about not installing to 2 drives on a P2B Motherboard. I
>>>figured out that the one drive I was using a 40GB drive was no good. I
>>>put
>>>in others and they worked fine. But I tried a WD 120GB drive and it would
>>>not work either it started to boot and stuck where it said detecting HDD
>>>Primary Master...[Press F4 to skip]
>>>F4 doesn't work when it goess there it is set to auto in CMOS and it will
>>>not recognize it when i do a check.
>>>Any ideas? My 120 couldn't be screwed also could it they are different
>>>companies and sizes 120-40GB Western Digital 120 & Seagate Barracuda
>>>40GB
>>>Thanks Bruce
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
>