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Windows XP Pro Losses HDD

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by eric.r.kinyon

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I built a P4 3.2 on a asus P4c800 deluxe mobo with 2 WD IDE 200Gb HDD. The HDD's have 2 partitions on each(on IDE1). Master is C and D, slave is E and F. 50% of the time when it boots up it has all 4 HDD, the other 50% it only has the master C and D and E and F are not there. Any insight? Now when I boot up, and the HDD is not there, I go to "Add new hardware" and it scans, finds nothing, and I can select it from the list, click finish and the HDD shows up???

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by mark

Sounds like a BIOS issue. Does the BIOS miss the drives on those 50% misses or just the OS? Are both drives on the same channel or separate? Also, try turning your BIOS IDE to NONE for the second drive. XP should not need the BIOS to see the drive. See if that helps. Are your jumpers set to CS or PRI/SEC? Also check the WD website for known issues on these drives.

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