Reset all jumpers to masters and slaves and the condition/problem is exactly
the same.

Thank you. Any other suggestions from the members?

Tom Mayer



Greetings Tom and list--

What happens if you set the hard disk and optical disk jumpers to
establish master-slave on each IDE channel? Will Windows properly
access the drives in that configuration?

Paul A. Shippert
Library Media Specialist
Margaret Brent Middle School
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> I recently installed a new CDRW drive in an XP Home SP2(fully updated)
> machine.
> I now have the 'C' HD as 'master' and a DVD drive as 'slave' on the
> primary IDE.
> And I have a 'D' HD as 'master' and the new CDRW drive as 'slave' on the
> secondary IDE. All are set for 'cable selection'.
>
> The BIOS sees all the drives correctly. Windows XP 'system information'
> sees the
> drives correctly with the DVD as 'E' drive and the CDRW as 'F' drive. The
> device
> manager sees all the drives and indicates proper operation. The ' My
> Computer'
> and 'Windows Explorer' only acknowledges the CDRW drive and inaccurately
> indicates it is the 'E' drive rather than the 'F' drive. Therefore, I can
> not
> get to the DVD drive through Windows.

Tom Mayer

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