Help: Can't Format Hard Drive
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Posted by Searcher7 on May 24, 2008, 5:54 pm
Please log in for more thread options It is a used drive, but it at present has no operating system on it. I get to a screen that says "Missing Operating System" and cannot do anything further. In set-up Harddrive is first in the boot order, but I don't know if my system actually does try to access it first. The drive is set to Cabele Select and is on the second connector from the end of the cable.(My DVD drive, with WindowsXP disk inside, is on the end). Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Shadow36 on May 24, 2008, 6:30 pm
Please log in for more thread options You need a special cable to use cable select. Set it to master and your cd drive to slave. . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Eric Gisin on May 25, 2008, 11:54 am
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>> The drive is set to Cabele Select and is on the second connector from
>> the end of the cable.(My DVD drive, with WindowsXP disk inside, is on >> the end). >> >> Any advice would be appreciated. >
Bullshit. UDMA cables are the norm. Cable select works well.
> You need a special cable to use cable select. Set it to master and your cd > drive to slave. > | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Shadow36 on May 25, 2008, 12:05 pm
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>>> The drive is set to Cabele Select and is on the second connector from
>>> the end of the cable.(My DVD drive, with WindowsXP disk inside, is on >>> the end). >>> >>> Any advice would be appreciated. >>
>> You need a special cable to use cable select. Set it to master and your >> cd drive to slave. >> > Bullshit.
Where?
>UDMA cables are the norm. Cable select works well.
That wasn't specified.
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Posted by Mike Ruskai on May 26, 2008, 8:11 am
Please log in for more thread options On or about Sun, 25 May 2008 08:54:27 -0700 did "Eric Gisin"
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>>> The drive is set to Cabele Select and is on the second connector from
>>> the end of the cable.(My DVD drive, with WindowsXP disk inside, is on >>> the end). >>> >>> Any advice would be appreciated. >>
>> You need a special cable to use cable select. Set it to master and your cd >> drive to slave. >> >Bullshit. UDMA cables are the norm. Cable select works well.
That's a bit harsh. All 80-conductor cables support cable select, true, but it was also true that virtually all 40-conductor cables did not. It's not as if this change was announced when the newer cables came out. All they talked about was the higher speed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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>
> It is a used drive, but it at present has no operating system on it.
>
> I get to a screen that says "Missing Operating System" and cannot do
> anything further.
>
> In set-up Harddrive is first in the boot order, but I don't know if
> my
> system actually does try to access it first.
>
> The drive is set to Cabele Select and is on the second connector from
> the end of the cable.(My DVD drive, with WindowsXP disk inside, is on
> the end).
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.