hdd

[letulechuga]

well i have two western digitals. a WD 1200JB and a WD2000 JB (both are IDE)
both of them came in a system i got off of these forums. the mobo is a P4PE by ASUS.

problem #1
-i can't install a system on the WD2000Jb. (i tried on various systems with various BIOS's)
-it gets recognized when put into a system as a slave, but it can't be formatted to more than 127GB.

Problem #2
-when both of the hdds are installed into the system everything works, but the pc won't boot if the WD 2000JB is removed. (the OS is installed onto the WD1200)

Problem #3

-everytime i reboot, the system asks for a system (Winxp install) CD; it won't start otherwise.


please help me out folks!
Thanks in advance.
B.

 

[sykopath79]

Do you have the drivers jumpered correctly? Make sure the primary drive is set as "Master" and the secondary as "Slave" using the jumpers on the drive.

 

[letulechuga]

c'mon now.
thanks for the advice.
BUT Yes the jumpers are set up correctly.

 

[ibarskiy]

Stupid question, but what file system are you trying to format the drives with? That partition size limitation smells of FAT32

 

[letulechuga]

FAT 32? what is that? i heard it is the really bad way to run your hdd's.....
no no NTFS ofcourse

 

[KGB]

What OS are you loading and more specifically, what SP level?

And... how are your IDE drives configured (Primary, Secondary, Master , Slave)?
What you are describing sounds alot like WD jumpers misconfigured.
Remember, they have seperate settings for Master & Master w/ slave.

 

[BadThad]

-it gets recognized when put into a system as a slave, but it can't be formatted to more than 127GB.

That's the limitation for an IDE hard drive, nothing you can do about that. You have to partition it.

When you removed the 2000JB, did you change the jumper on the other drive to SINGLE? (should be no jumper on it when it's alone)

 

[letulechuga]

oh wow i never knew that WD has its own jumper settings. if you could describe in more detail....
thanx for the suggestions and keep'em comin. i'll try these out when i get back from work.
*i have XP home with i think SP 1. ---when did it come out?