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Hmmm...there are a number of things that can be going wrong, but the fact that you want to add a new hard drive isn't one of them.
Firstly, it would help to know your OS. Since you use a P166 I'm going to - for the purposes of this post - assume you're running Windows 98 or Windows 98SE.
One possible option could be that the drive is incorrectly formatted or, even more likely, not partitioned correctly. The way to solve this is a little long-winded, and involves you taking out the new drive and booting up Windows as standard. Since I can't recall the exact proceedure for 98, hit F1 and search for BOOT DISK. Follow the instructions and make yourself a floppy boot disk.
Now reset the PC and as go into BIOS (by hitting DEL repeatedly, by default). In BIOS, change your first bootup sequence to FLOPPY, and the second to HARD DRIVE 0. Now save and exit and allow windows to restart.
Now shut the PC down and take your 2.5Gb hard drive out. Configure the new one's jumpers to MASTER or ONLY and plug it in. Make sure you plug it in to the correct fitting on the IDE cable. Slip your new bootup disk into the floppy and start the PC. It should ignore the hard drive and load up the basic prompt. If you ge thte option, make sure you start it in WITH CD SUPPORT mode.
You can now reformat and repartition (which I strongly recommend) with the command FDISK C:
Once eveyrthing has been properly reformatted and repartitioned, it's time to get the sucker working.
Take out the drive and place plug it into the SLAVE socket on the IDE cable (it's normally the middle socket). Set the jumpers back to SLAVE. Put you original drive back into the MASTER socket, take out the floppy, and start the PC. Go into BIOS and check that BIOS can correctly identify both hard-drives, one as master, one as slave.
If it can, change the startup sequence back to HARD DRIVE 0 first (you can actually leave it as it is if you want, it just means the PC will check for the floppy everytime you start Windows up).
Windows should now boot up with both drives.
If it doesn't, it may well be that the hard drive you're adding is damaged (especially if it's second hand), or that the cables have been incorrectly fitted. It's normally best to have your CD device(s) on one of the two IDE cables, and your hard drive(s) on the other. Remember that the socket on the END of the cable is normally the master, and the middle one the slave. |
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