Sue wrote-----
>Most HDDs have a jumper to control whether
>it's recognized as a slave or master, and if it requires the "cover"
>which may have come off, then your BIOS is seeing it as a "slave"
>with no operating system.
>By the way, anyone know what you call that little cover fir the
>juMpers? It's hard to sound professional when you're calling pieces
>"that little thingy." (*G*)

>Sue Clark



Sue, the jumper is the little thingy, the jumper jumps ( bridges )
a set of pins to make a connection, hence the technical name,
Jumper.
Ron White

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