Solve : ATAPI incompatable message-help?

1.	Solve : ATAPI incompatable message-help?
Answer» HELLO , I am a NOVIS. I got myself a new computer, i took out the dvd drive from the old and put into the new. New works fine. my old won't boot up. it is saying ATAPI drives are incompatable. i have tried google no luck. I have tried turning the wires AROUND, I have tried to reinstall win. now it won't even detect the hard drive. help me please.Ital...... Well , how about telling us what the configuration is on the old pc ? Does it still have a cd drive in it and is that drive SET as slave or master ? Maybe , the dvd drive you took out was set up as the master . let us know dl65 Hi, DL65 Thanks for your reply, This was the config. The old pc had two dvd burners both slaves, both removed. LEAVING a cd drive and a hard drive. presently in the old pc the hard drive is the master cd is slave. ty italItal....... Have you tried ......the Hard drive as Primary Master , and the cd-rom as the Secondary master ? dl65

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