This MS fix often works in such cases:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
Is the jumper set correctly?



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] dell drive help
From: ceares <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, January 19, 2010 1:44 am
To: [log in to unmask]

OS is XP.  I did change the boot order to boot from cd,  then floppy and
finally hd. It booted fine from floppy but nothing from cd.  The drive I
tried was working fine when it was replaced, so I am assuming it's good,
but it didn't show up at all. I got beeps at start up and a message that
the drives were missing. 
 
Sorry, I don't remember the specific error messages. I think e drive 
not found-abort/retry/fail when I tried to run from dos.  And when I try
and start up with disk in, I get the remove and hit any key to start
error.

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