Hard Drive Replacement Issues

[Pelorn]

First post, w00t.


Alright, I'm attempting to replace my old IDE drive (which has begun to show signs of age) with a new one. I've been recommended to be use Seagate's DiskWizard to create an exact clone of my old drive onto the new one I've purchased.

So, I set up the new drive as a slave (to be sure, here's what I've done)
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8859/img0428lr8.jpg
(Sorry, I don't know how to use the thumbnail tags on your site yet).

...and plugged it into the ribbon cable ABOVE my primary CD drive.

It shows up in my BIOS and everything as a slave, but even though my system boots normally when the new drive is NOT plugged in, I get this error when I do attach it:
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2110/img0423jh4.jpg

So...there's got to be something I've missed?


Thanks in advance, and btw, I love this site, I commonly refer to it for "proof" when it comes to hardware arguments between my and my buds.

 

[Dangman]

Are sure you that set the new drive as slave? Also, make sure that your old drive is set as master.

 

[Pelorn]

I'm not 100% sure that my old drive is set as master, I'm going to try that now along with playing with my boot order.

I also realize that putting it ABOVE the CD drive is making it in the master position, but it didn't work the other way either...

EDIT: oops, on both posts, instead of ABOVE, I mean BELOW. I tried it above first, and then realized my mistake, but still posted with the wrong word. It's in the slave postion now.

 

[Pelorn]

Well whadaya know. I played with my boot order priorities and it's working fine now...lol, so much stress and time over such a simple thing. I honestly spent about 4 hours on this so far...ah well, thanks for the help anyway Danny.