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Answer» Quote Cable_Select indicates the drive's position on the cable will determine its role. I believe "Master" is on the far end of the cable, "Slave" is in the middle; but I'll have to check. When using cable select, I'm assuming both drives should be set to cable select (again, I'd have to check). If both drives don't support cable select, I'm assuming it shouldn't be used (again, I'd have to check). Cable select requires the proper kind of cable. If in doubt, don't use cable select.Before the above post were posted I noticed the ribbon cable in the computer with the bad HD was labeled with the connector in the middle as being the "slave". I reinstalled the bad HD into the working PC connecting it to the MIDDLE connector of the ribbon cable and booted it up. I got the message about "...boot devices have changed..." I pressed F-1 to continue. Low and BEHOLD! WINDOWS STARTED! It showed the slaved HD as Drive: E. I tried to copy files but access was denied at every try. I removed the slaved HD and returned it to the PC it came out of and booted up. CHKDSK ran, verifying files, got a lot of "Truncating" and "Deleting corrupt files" then got "Recovering lost files" and "orphaned files" then WINDOWS LOADED! When I logged on I got message saying: "Windows finished installing new device. Software requires that you restart your computer." Rebooted, got a black screen message saying: "The firmware detected a CMOS battery failure occurred. Press Enter to continue" Pressed Enter, Got message: "Press F-11 to start recovery" BUT it was only on the screen for a few seconds and then Windows loaded! I logged on and everything seems fine so far, (I'm currently using it) with one exception. I get a RUNDLL error saying: "Error loading newdev.dll A specified module could not be found", twice, then it's gone. I'll be copying all my files to CD's this afternoon and will continue to post for a few days to be sure the problem is solved before marking "Problem Solved" Thank you ALL for your help, INCLUDING those who's suggestions were not used or needed yet. Your WILLINGNESS to help and your TIME to post ANY suggestion are greatly APPRECIATED and I, for one, sure am glad you are ALL here! Health, wealth, and Happiness to you and yours. Sincerely, "Hawk" After putting the slaved HD back into the pc it ran beautifully until yesterday (five days) when once again it wouldn't boot up. However I was able to copy all my important files on to CD. So my problem has been solved, thanks to you good folks! Please know that I will sing your praises to everyone I know and monetary graditude is forthcoming to help insure this site continues to help others like myself. Again, my deepest thanks to you ALL! "Hawk"Glad to hear you are all fixed up.... Time to start considering a regular backup regimen. My personal choice is Acronis True Image. When you image a drive everything is saved...and restoring takes approx. 15 minutes ...as opposed to losing your DATA and having to not only re-install Windows but all your apps as well... There are other choices out there...one very good FREE solution is Macrium Reflect Home edition. Best of Luck in future."Free" is good. Is there a link for that? All I see at http://www.macrium.com is a download link for "Macrium Reflect Full Edition v4.2 - 30 day Trial".Quote from: RedHawk50 on DECEMBER 01, 2009, 10:49:39 AM ... [/i] Rebooted, got a black screen message saying: "The firmware detected a CMOS battery failure occurred. Press Enter to continue" Pressed Enter, Got message: "Press F-11 to start recovery" BUT it was only on the screen for a few seconds and then Windows loaded!...BATTERIES usually last 5-7 years, you should check yours. CR-2032, 3.0V Lithium, available everywhere, even drugstores. Quote from: dahlarbear on December 07, 2009, 06:02:18 PM "Free" is good. Is there a link for that?Macrium Reflect Free Edition Thank you "Computer_Commando" (and patio for suggesting it). Your direct link works fine, but for some reason it was not visible to me from their default "home" page. Once I know it's there, if I append "reflectfree.asp" to the default web site address, the "Free Edition" link shows up on their navigation menu. |
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