i purchase a new 40gig HD 7200rpm(seagate). When i installed it, it was detected but there is no drive (C:) present. So, i thought that it’s unloaded yet. What i did was i downloaded a discwizard from the internet using my old 20gig (5400rpm harddrive). after i got a discwizard on a diskette, i remove the 20gig harddrive and use the new one (40gig) then boot up on my diswizard diskette. Finally, it had a drive c: after setting up the discwizard of the HD.
unconsiously, my sister detached the new HD, and connect the older one which has a WindowsXP operating system. So the system boot to WindowsXP. When she knew it was ok that it booted up, out of her curiousity, she wanted to add on the other harddisk. So she installed the two HD. It was setup on both master. bcoz she doesn’t have an idea on master-slave.
the problem started already that it says that it has no OS… and there are character on that sentence that is unreadable, it was like a german language.. i don’t know…
So, we’re very confused that what had happened on our older HD which contained the WindowsXP os, and most importantly our saved files and documents there.. without formatting it!!
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When both HD were installed, they are set to both master. Then on the screen it says
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NA?OSgouoe#safg
Insgsta0s Seuup?dkski!vlen press any key
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what do you mean the HD crashed? Does it mean that it really lost all the data??
It stops on the message above, so I boot it using the Start-up Bootdisk. There, I try to look for directory of drive c: (my 20gig HD) and it says File not Found, then below it the 16gig free.
I can?t boot now the 20gig HD because it stops on the message above. But it can be detected on the CMOS.
When I boot the 40gig, it is ok. There is no problem with that. My problem is all the files including the OS of the 20gig are gone? Doest it affect when we connect it both master at the same time? The new 40gig is just an additional HD to my computer..
