This Seagate 300GB is just a 'Spare' Master drive on Channel 2 - which also
has an 80GB HD slave (CS)
I have Vista on a Master 80GB (jumped) and a Slave 80GB (jumped) both on
Channel 1
Maybe I will put the jumpers back on and see if that was the key.....
Thanks for helping. I appreciate that.
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What could possibly go wrong?
Michaele ba mcse
http://www.northcoastcomputerservices.com
"Brandon A DeBoard" <fun@theoffice> wrote in message
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> Scenario 1
>
> If you currently have it connected as a cable select master drive, I can
> only assume that you have already installed vista on the drive and are
> able to boot from it to the desktop. My recommendation, check the file
> system, I know some drives in the past that were utilizing the FAT32 file
> system had some issues with drive size in Windows, make sure that you are
> using the NTFS file system first and foremost (I highly recommend it), and
> secondly use the jumpers on your hard drives. Designate one as a master
> and your other drive(s) as slaves.
>
> Scenario 2
>
> If you have the drive setup on cable select as a master drive but you
> cannot boot to the desktop, change the jumper settings as I said before
> and boot from the Vista disc, try the repair tool, if that doesn't help
> you boot to the desktop then reinstalling Vista and let me know if that
> fixes the issue.
>
>
> --
> Brandon A. DeBoard
>
> "Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average." - Jim
> Rohn
>
> "DaShard" <surfin@thebeach> wrote in message
> news
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>>I presently have it as a Master (Cable Select) on IDE Channel 2 off the
>>MoBo.
>>
>> When Vista did recognize it I have a feeling it might have been a Master
>> on a Promise Ultra133 TX2 card. I know I had to dicker around with
>> channels and cables and settings so that I could get the darn CD to boot
>> trying to make Vista see the 300GB. - cables weren't long enough!
>>
>> It could have been a slave on channel 2 when Vista saw the 127 but I'm
>> not sure.
>>
>> If I know me it would have been a Master but I can't quite remember at
>> this point. Between that and my nVidia card I'm about hardware fried
>> these last couple of weeks!
>>
>> --
>> What could possibly go wrong?
>> Michaele ba mcse
>> http://www.northcoastcomputerservices.com
>>
>>
>> "Brandon A DeBoard" <brandon@myaggravation.com> wrote in message
>> news:C29EE120-8BD2-4BA3-827D-9F1662F9A35C@microsoft.com...
>>> That was the model number I was looking for. Is the drive being used as
>>> a slave or master? If it's being used as a slave does windows recognize
>>> the drive? (I recall you stating that windows no longer recognizes that
>>> the drive exists)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Brandon A. DeBoard
>>>
>>> "Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average." - Jim
>>> Rohn
>>>
>>> "DaShard" <surfin@thebeach> wrote in message
>>> news:FB9C371A-7BE6-40E4-979B-A11C4468D407@microsoft.com...
>>>> From Device manager in Vista it's a: ST3300622A - does that sound
>>>> correct? I can take it our of my 'puter and look if that's not it.
>>>>
>>>> I got a 'deal' on it from CompUSA a couple of weeks ago!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> What could possibly go wrong?
>>>> Michaele ba mcse
>>>> http://www.northcoastcomputerservices.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Brandon A DeBoard" <brandon@myaggravation.com> wrote in message
>>>> news9E00ED9-BDFA-4516-B3B9-1F5C01B7F59D@microsoft.com...
>>>>> Do you have the model number of the drive? I show that Seagate's
>>>>> Barracuda
>>>>> series drives only come in 250gb, 400gb, 500gb, and 750gb. You
>>>>> shouldn't be
>>>>> having any issues with Vista recognizing the drive size, however, I've
>>>>> seen
>>>>> similar issues arise before. If you can get the model number of the
>>>>> drive I
>>>>> may be able to help you further. =)
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Brandon A. DeBoard
>>>>>
>>>>> "Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average." - Jim
>>>>> Rohn
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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