Windows 2000 Drive 1 not found

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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/
 
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/
>
 
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/
 
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