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> Thanx for reply,, So do you know how I check that with a laptop,, Because
> there is no master slave select jumpers on L/top drives.. , Im stumped!!!
>
> Thanks
> Alan
> Barry Watzman wrote in message
> news:418C4B24.9070803@neo.rr.com...
> > Its probably got an improper master/slave/cable select configuration.
> >
> >
> > alan n pip wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all, i was hoping somone could help!
> > >
> > > A freind of mine gave me a toshiba satellite pro 500mhz . It has a
> smashed
> > > screen and a broken 5 gig hard drive,,,,so I thought Ah EBAY!
> > > So I bought a new 20 gig hard drive, and tried to install XP and Win
> 98,
> > >
> > > (i have laptop linked up to my pc monitor)
> > >
> > > Now it recognizesthe drive in the BIOS, and after partitioning it
> (100%)
> > > i tried to format it but laptop will not recognize C: But when i
take
> the
> > > hard drive out and connect it to my PC with an IDE adapter Its Fine,,
I
> can
> > > install any operating system on it,!! and again , when I put it back
in
> the
> > > laptop ( with O/S on it) I still have no C: prompt and it will not
read
> the
> > > drive. , but it is there in the bios ??.. I ran a scandisk on it in
> the PC
> > > ,( no erros or bad sectors)
> > >
> > > Ive never come across this before and was wondering if any of you guys
> had
> > > any ideas!!
> > >
> > > FDISK acknowledges the drive in the laptop, Im Baffled!!!
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Alan (Liverpool)
> > >
> > >
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