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by dawitts

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I had a new 100GB Seagate hard drivre installed and every time I boot I get a new hardwae detected wizard on the screen. However, Devise Manager shows it is insalled and working properly. Does anyone know how to prevent the wizard from showing up?

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by captbilly1eye

It may be that the settings for that HD are not configured properly in the BIOS.
Is this the primary or secondary drive?

by dawitts

BIOS shows my new 100GB drive as Primary.
It shows I have a Internal HDD and a Modular Bay HDD. I don't know what the latter means--what would happen if I disable the Modular Bay.....Thanks

by captbilly1eye

If you really have only one Hard Drive, it's safe to disable the secondary in the BIOS.

Is this new HD a SATA drive?
What Operating System?

by dawitts

It is a Seagate ST910021A EIDE ATA-100 (UDMA mode 5) drive.
Using Windows XP Home.
Thanks-Anything else?

by captbilly1eye

Perhaps this troubleshooting section from Seagate will help:
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=PATA_Troubleshooter_-_Operating_System_Detection_Issue&vgnextoid=7fe14a3cdde5c010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD

I assume that the jumpers on the back of the drive are set corretly, right?

In Device Manager, select 'Show Hidden'.
Look to see if there is anything with a yellow triangle and exclamation point. This device would be the culprit.
It may be a matter of removing all instances and then reinstalling the device.

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