Drive 1 not found

[Guest Bill Watt]

PIII 1.O GB. Dell Win 2000.

 

It's my daughter's machine.

Suddenly when booting they got the message:

No hard drives found. Hit F1 to continue, F2 for Setup.

Hitting F1 just returned the same message.

 

In the BIOS Drive 0 and 1 were set to OFF. I tried to set them to

AUTO but they reverted back right away.

 

In the BIOS I removed DMA then tried it. No immediate help. Finally,

the message said only secondary drive 1 not found, hitting F1

booted normally.

 

I restored DMA and it continued to boot normally after hitting F1.

 

Windows Explorer sees both drives normally and they can be accessed

as usual.

 

That's where I'm at, boot stops until F1 is used.

 

Would appreciate any ideas.

 

Regards,

 

Bill Watt

Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

[Guest SG]

Re: Drive 1 not found

 

Hi Bill,

 

What happens if you unhook the secondary drive temporarily. Remove the cable

and power.

 

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All the best,

SG

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"Bill Watt" <nobwatt@ptd.net> wrote in message

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>

> PIII 1.O GB. Dell Win 2000.

>

> It's my daughter's machine.

> Suddenly when booting they got the message:

> No hard drives found. Hit F1 to continue, F2 for Setup.

> Hitting F1 just returned the same message.

>

> In the BIOS Drive 0 and 1 were set to OFF. I tried to set them to

> AUTO but they reverted back right away.

>

> In the BIOS I removed DMA then tried it. No immediate help. Finally,

> the message said only secondary drive 1 not found, hitting F1

> booted normally.

>

> I restored DMA and it continued to boot normally after hitting F1.

>

> Windows Explorer sees both drives normally and they can be accessed

> as usual.

>

> That's where I'm at, boot stops until F1 is used.

>

> Would appreciate any ideas.

>

> Regards,

>

> Bill Watt

> Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

>

[Guest Bill Watt]

Re: Drive 1 not found

 

 

SG,

 

I'll try that when I get over to their house, probably tomorrow. I

did open it up and check all the connectors. They were ok.

 

Thanks,

 

Bill Watt

Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

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On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:26:15 -0500, "SG" <nomail@sorry.com> wrote:

>Hi Bill,

>

>What happens if you unhook the secondary drive temporarily. Remove the cable

>and power.

>

>--

>All the best,

>SG

>How to Write a Newsgroup Post:

>http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet

>

>

>

>"Bill Watt" <nobwatt@ptd.net> wrote in message

>news:gjqpk3dgmp4vr7qfo8urot3sbd8loqqev5@4ax.com...

>>

>> PIII 1.O GB. Dell Win 2000.

>>

>> It's my daughter's machine.

>> Suddenly when booting they got the message:

>> No hard drives found. Hit F1 to continue, F2 for Setup.

>> Hitting F1 just returned the same message.

>>

>> In the BIOS Drive 0 and 1 were set to OFF. I tried to set them to

>> AUTO but they reverted back right away.

>>

>> In the BIOS I removed DMA then tried it. No immediate help. Finally,

>> the message said only secondary drive 1 not found, hitting F1

>> booted normally.

>>

>> I restored DMA and it continued to boot normally after hitting F1.

>>

>> Windows Explorer sees both drives normally and they can be accessed

>> as usual.

>>

>> That's where I'm at, boot stops until F1 is used.

>>

>> Would appreciate any ideas.

>>

>> Regards,

>>

>> Bill Watt

>> Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/