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>Hi Gratchie
>
>Any chance you can give more details on this.
>
>Is it a new Drive, as something changed or perhaps has new hardware been
>installed recently.

no sir, it is not a new drive. it is a quantum fireball hardrive.



>
>First check though, that all the cables are correctly attached to the drive
>(Assuming there is in fact a second drive present). You could also make sure
>that the jumpers are set up correctly on the drives and that the BIOS is
>reading the drive correctly.
>

i already double checked the cables and the drives and it is completely seated. Another problem is i cannot access the BIOS setup because it is password protected. i asked my friend but she has no idea about the password. How can unable the BIOS password?

thanks,
gratchie





>I would suggest though that you supply more details.
>
>Cheers
>Brendon
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of gratchie zabalus
>> Sent: 03 March 2002 16:28
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: [PCBUILD] primary slave hardisk fail
>>
>>
>> my friends pentium 133, 32 mb pc wont boot windows and it
>> says "Primary
>> >Slave Hardisk Fail"
>> >can you suggest any solution to this problem.
>> >
>> >thanks,
>> >gratchie
>>
>>
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