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Robert
Sorry if this is kind of long but I want to try and give as much
information as possible so that I can get some help.
I have a Dell Dimension 8200 with XP, and have 40gigs with 17.5 gigs
free. I only have one game that I play on it so memory shouldn't be an
issue. In addition, I have AVG, Comodo, Spybot and A-squard running on
it.
Ok, this is the problem; I recently upgraded my computer by installing
an LG DVD/RW drive and the installation and uploading of the drivers
apparently went ok after a few hitches.
I also bought a Seagate Pata/100 Baracuda 3.5" Internal hard drive so
that I could upgrade my computer from 40gigs to 160gigs.
I took my time, and replaced the old interface cable with the one that
came with the drive. I couldn't use the old one anyway because the
slave connector was too close to the master and couldn't reach the new
drive. I made sure the jumpers were set to 'cable select' and
connected it to the slave connection on the cable (gray)and used the
P3 power connecter and felt that I did everything right.
The C:\ Local disk uses the P5 power connector and the DVD/RW drive
uses the P6 connector. Although it shouldn't matter which since they
are all power connectors.
When I powered up my system (with crossed fingers) it did detect the
new drive. I then inserted the Seagate Disc Utility and started to
install the Seagate Disc Wizard but halfway through it gave me a
message that said that it was interupted and couldn't finish the
install and to try again. I thought at the time it was because a
Comodo pop-up appeared asking if I wanted to give the application
access to the Internet. However, I have tried to install this 4 times
now and it does the same each time. Once it hung up and I had to
reboot the system but again it failed.
While checking to see if indeed the hard drive was detected I found
this:
A: 3 1/2 (I removed this drive since it was useless)
C:\ Local disk
D:\ Seagate drive
It doesn't even show the LG drive! I took the same cable connector and
power connectors off the old cd-drive and put them on the LG DVD/RW
drive and set the jumpers exactly the same, so I don't understand why
it doesn't show it? Nor do I understand why the Seagate drive is shown
as the D:\ drive?
So what have I done wrong? I would appreciate any help, advice,
comments, suggestions.
Robert
information as possible so that I can get some help.
I have a Dell Dimension 8200 with XP, and have 40gigs with 17.5 gigs
free. I only have one game that I play on it so memory shouldn't be an
issue. In addition, I have AVG, Comodo, Spybot and A-squard running on
it.
Ok, this is the problem; I recently upgraded my computer by installing
an LG DVD/RW drive and the installation and uploading of the drivers
apparently went ok after a few hitches.
I also bought a Seagate Pata/100 Baracuda 3.5" Internal hard drive so
that I could upgrade my computer from 40gigs to 160gigs.
I took my time, and replaced the old interface cable with the one that
came with the drive. I couldn't use the old one anyway because the
slave connector was too close to the master and couldn't reach the new
drive. I made sure the jumpers were set to 'cable select' and
connected it to the slave connection on the cable (gray)and used the
P3 power connecter and felt that I did everything right.
The C:\ Local disk uses the P5 power connector and the DVD/RW drive
uses the P6 connector. Although it shouldn't matter which since they
are all power connectors.
When I powered up my system (with crossed fingers) it did detect the
new drive. I then inserted the Seagate Disc Utility and started to
install the Seagate Disc Wizard but halfway through it gave me a
message that said that it was interupted and couldn't finish the
install and to try again. I thought at the time it was because a
Comodo pop-up appeared asking if I wanted to give the application
access to the Internet. However, I have tried to install this 4 times
now and it does the same each time. Once it hung up and I had to
reboot the system but again it failed.
While checking to see if indeed the hard drive was detected I found
this:
A: 3 1/2 (I removed this drive since it was useless)
C:\ Local disk
D:\ Seagate drive
It doesn't even show the LG drive! I took the same cable connector and
power connectors off the old cd-drive and put them on the LG DVD/RW
drive and set the jumpers exactly the same, so I don't understand why
it doesn't show it? Nor do I understand why the Seagate drive is shown
as the D:\ drive?
So what have I done wrong? I would appreciate any help, advice,
comments, suggestions.
Robert