Since three machines are involved and two work, (or did), it would
seem to point to the way the drive is set up in those machines.
Are the jumper(s) correct on ALL drives? Master, Single, Slave, and a
couple less "popular" options... (Cable select, and barrier options)
What are/were the different BIOS settings, and are they setting
themselves, or have (or did) you set them. (Now, or in the past.)
Do any of the motherboards have any BIOS limitations that you need to be
aware of?  (The new one might work "OK" if you let it auto detect.)
Did the old machine have any "Disk Manager" software installed?
Was it a Boot Drive before? (I assume it was...)
Are you mixing hard drive brands on the same cable, especially older ones?
And last, did you try a "new"/different cable...
     Good luck,   Rick Glazier
CC:ed, but please reply to list, if necessary.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan E. Schutte" <[log in to unmask]>
> I am switching a hard drive from one computer to another. The computer I'm
> putting it in is a brand new motherboard, etc. but it acts as though the
> hard drive hasn't been fdisked. I don't want to try fdisking it to see if
> this allows it to work because I don't want to lose all the information on
> the drive. I can hook it up to another computer as a secondary drive, and
> it shows everything on the drive. It was working in the original computer
> also, but it is now in a few pieces and I don't want to put it back
> together just to see if it still works in it.
>
> Any ideas why this would be? It's a 12GB hard drive with Win98.

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