zer0zer0129
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Hi!
I have a Gateway Performance 1400 I'm trying to fix up. Everything on it is standard, save for the 256 MB of RAM I added a few years ago. I added another 512, and the memory now seems to be working fine. However, I also wanted to add another hard drive. I bought a 160 GB Western Digital Caviar SE.
I think having the same basic problem as in this old thread. I updated the BIOS and it was working with just the first 20 GB Maxtor D4540X-4K hard drive in there. However, when I put the second hard drive in, it won't start. It tells me there's an invalid boot disk in A:, even if I disable A: from the boot sequence or it tells me there's no operating system if I can get past the first message. When I hit tab as it's starting, it'll tell me there's a 137.4 GB hard drive installed as the slave, but that's as far as I can get because it won't load 2k Pro.
I'm 99% sure I have the cable settings and the jumper settings right for both drives. I printed out the information straight from Seagate's website and Western Digital's website and set them up like they're supposed to be, but it still won't work. >:/
Please help! Thanks. :]
I have a Gateway Performance 1400 I'm trying to fix up. Everything on it is standard, save for the 256 MB of RAM I added a few years ago. I added another 512, and the memory now seems to be working fine. However, I also wanted to add another hard drive. I bought a 160 GB Western Digital Caviar SE.
I think having the same basic problem as in this old thread. I updated the BIOS and it was working with just the first 20 GB Maxtor D4540X-4K hard drive in there. However, when I put the second hard drive in, it won't start. It tells me there's an invalid boot disk in A:, even if I disable A: from the boot sequence or it tells me there's no operating system if I can get past the first message. When I hit tab as it's starting, it'll tell me there's a 137.4 GB hard drive installed as the slave, but that's as far as I can get because it won't load 2k Pro.
I'm 99% sure I have the cable settings and the jumper settings right for both drives. I printed out the information straight from Seagate's website and Western Digital's website and set them up like they're supposed to be, but it still won't work. >:/
Please help! Thanks. :]