Jinxxed0 <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote:
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>
>I was about to order a new harddrive since mine has failed. But then I
>decided to look inside one more time, and found that there are two
>harddrives in there. I never used he second one at all even though it
>was always there (i figured it was just one harddrive split in two and
>never needed the extra space).
>
>So I decided to switch the harddrive cords since one was hard to get to
>and because I have no idea which is the one I was using and which one I
>never used.
>
>I used my recovery disks on it and it seemed like everything was going
>fine. Then to test it, I shut down the computer then turned it back on 5
>minutes later. Then I got stuck on the black screen with blinking "_",
>and eventually it says failed to boot disk please insert system disk.
>
>so my questions are:
>Did switching the cords make the secondary harddrive the main one, or
>did it do nothing?
>Does this mean both harddrives have failed?
>Are my system files corrupt?
>Is there somthing else going on?
>Shoul I just take it somewhere to get it looked at :([/color]

If they are IDE drives, you need to change the jumpers if they are on
the same channel (two drives, one flat ribbon).

Your new one MUST be the Master - if it is the only one connected,
just remove the jumper (but save it in case you add another). The old
one must be jumpered as Slave.