installing new hard drive, having issues

[Tonybologna23]

So I am trying to install a new hard drive into my brothers computer, here is the low down:

SATA 74gb
IDE1 dvd drive
IDE2 nothing

He bought a 400gb ide drive and so I installed it on it's own IDE cable and connector.

SATA 74gb
IDE1 dvd drive
IDE2 400gb drive

The computer does not boot up, tells me to insert system disk and try again.

So disconnect the DVD drive and plug the 400gb drive into the DVD drive's connections. Now the computer is configured like this:

SATA 74gb
IDE1 400gb
IDE2 nothing

Computer starts fine, I enable the 400gb drive, format it, transfer data, everything works.

I go back and try and install the DVD drive, so computer looks like this: (same as earlier)

SATA 74gb
IDE1 dvd drive
IDE2 400gb drive

Computer still says "insert boot disk" and doesn't boot up. I go into the bios and make sure the hard drive priority is set the proper way (74gb is number 1). Try booting up again but it doesn't work. So in an effort to identify the problem, i try this configuration:

SATA 74gb
IDE1 nothing
IDE2 400gb drive

does not work. So it is almost as if the second IDE thing is hindering me some how. I am not sure why becuase when ever I boot into bios with all three connected everything shows up fine. All the devices are identified. The problem is just booting into windows. It will only boot into windows when only two devices are being used and only if those two devices are connected to the first IDE port.

I am not really a computer dude so I don't know much more than what I can observe. Does anyone have any insight as to what the problem might be? I'd like to get all three devices running at the same tine.

I think it has something to do with master/slave settings or the face that the SATA port is on a certain IDE channel or soemthing. This is what i've garthered from various bios screens. But i dont know what any of those things mean.

 

[nicolas9510]

have you tired doing this ?
SATA 74gb
IDE1 400gb drive
IDE2 dvd drive
didnt't see that listed
ive had problems like that sometimes.

 

[DeChache]

have you tired doing this ?
SATA 74gb
IDE1 400gb drive
IDE2 dvd drive
didnt't see that listed
ive had problems like that sometimes.

Try that my comps wont boot unless I have the drives in the right order so. Try every last possible combination.

 

[Frank4d]

Your problem is likely in the BIOS Setup. Some BIOS let you set the boot device HDD0 through HDD3. Others let you set the boot device as HDD, and there is a separate setting for which drive to boot.

 

[quadnad]

sounds like jumper issues to me...