master / slave drive boot failure. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support () I have fort some time enjoyed having 2 drives on one OS. each hard drive is formated ntfs one xp the other XP pro. originaly i had little progbelmes that...

one. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion () Galen, No, its not set to boot to a network drive. The boot sequence is either A, Hd or CD ROM or Hd,A, CD ROM depending on which one I want it to boot first Ben & Bill, will try...

3 partitions, two NTFS, one FAT32, and one large unused part. Partition One active. Works fine in the slave position. I would like to move it to the master position, and reload XP onto it. When I do, I get "Verifyiying DMI pool" then "invalid Boot...

THANKS!! > Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion () She is trying to install a CD-ROM drive in place of the broken DVD drive? She does not need any special drivers, but she *does* have to be sure the jumper on the CD drive is set...

issue for you (it doesn't appear to be for me since a spare hard drive boots fine.) I just thought of something. I will swap the master/slave relationship and f8 my way to creating a bootlog and then swap master/slave again so I can get in and read that boot...

whom this is intended--why not just wipe the hard drive clean using the disk manufacturer's utilities, then install that drive into her machine? Lots of added space that way. If that isn't an option, if she really wants and can use another system, you'd...

Disk boot failure, works with slave drive, but not on its ... Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers () Had XP pro on 2 HD, removed original master, now can't access 2nd disc. Changed jumpers, can see it in bios. Option to select either...

IDE) and connecting it to my computer as a slave by moving the jumper. The hard drive did not read. Then we booted up the computer using the adapter and with his old hard drive as the sole hard drive. The result was "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK...

one might question if the CD drive has been jumpered correctly for installation on the ribbon cable.. Example.. if the CD is being placed on the same ribbon cable as another drive, the jumper on the back should be set to slave.. if it is being placed...

drive) be plugged into the END connector on the cable, and the Slave in the middle. On the hard drive, some models have slightly different versions of "Master"; in your case, choose something like "Master with Slave Present", and not "Only drive" if those are...