HARD DISC-changes

Firstly, check to make sure that the jumpers on both disks are set correctly. You may find that the new disk has jumper positions for Cable select, Master, Slave, and sometimes Master with Slave. The primary disk should be set for Master with Slave, if it exists, and the second disk should be Slave. You could also try setting the primary disk to Master, if the master with Slave setting doesn't work.

Also, remove the set assignments from the CDROM & Burner and let the system sort that out if possble.

What operating system are you running. If it is Windows 2000 you may have to run FDISK/MBR on the second disk to get Win2000 to read it.

Also, if it is Win2000, or XP, you have probably set up yourself as a new user in the new operating system, and it is possible that the folders on the old drive are assigned to the "old" user from the original system. The "new" user will have a different security descriptor from the old one and you may need to take control of the folders on the old drive as an Administrator, and re-assign them to the "new" user. This last one would be the one if you are getting "access denied" messages.

Hope this helps.

Did you install a DOS mode CD-ROM driver?

Many of these set the CD drive letter in either autoexec.bat or config.sys

If so, "rem" out the mscdex command.

Otherwise, how did you install the OS?
If on a different PC, it may have the wrong IDE driver installed.
Remove ALL IDE controllers from device manager.
Re-boot, and allow Windows to re-install the IDE driver.
You may need to download and install the correct IDE driver.

3rd idea?
Did you originally have a BIOS overlay program installed on the old boot drive?
These programs are often installed if the drive is setup with the floppy disk provided by the drive manufacture.
The code for the program is installed in the boot record of the boot drive.
Often, the programs ONLY work with drives from that manufacture.
If this is a possibility, you may need to either re-install the BIOS overlay program, or boot from the old drive's floppy, and un-install the program.
(You may need to switch back to the old boot drive to fixthings.)

Chas

ok, while I wasnt sure, I first disconnected my 2nd Disk before FDISK, then installed a dual boot(win2k/winXP) on the newly fdisked/partitioned DISK(note withe the 2nd DISK still uncabeled). Therafter connected both DISKS properly.
IT is here that I realised I couldnt read the 2nd DISK.
Is that the problem?
Thank you

The great mistake was to install the OS on the new disk that was a step too far.
Just partition and format the new disk, then restore the image of the original. (Usually done from a cd image you burned, or from a tape backup.)
You can also "Ghost"the image of the original disk to the new disk.
There are several ways to do this, including using Ghost (from Norton).
Once the original image from the first boot Hard Drive is on the new boot hard drive, the OS should recognize the D: hard drive, and all of the programs installed on D: , without problems.
Regards, Chris

Thank you for all your cotributions, although none helped. It was a very simple problem which I later solved myself.

Glad to hear you got it solved.
What you did is not standard.
The usual procedure is to backup C:
Take out the old C: (Disconnect D:)
Put in the new C:
Partition and format C: (NO OS install!)
Restore C: from the backup.
Reconnect D:
This method is the most reliable and trouble free.
Is this statement clearer?
(I did understand the question.)
The mentioned method will save you trouble in the future.
In your case you would run Partition Magic or equivalent to add a second OS partition after the restore.
Regards, Chris

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