HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Zahiar]

i recently bought a new hard drive ibm deskstar 180gxp
185.2gb. When ever i start my computer i get this error
message saying Primary master\slave hard disk fail. So
what might be causing this problem? Please help me!!

Cheers,
Zahiar

[Michael A. McKenney]

Your computer cannot support this size drive or the drive has failed. Get a
ATA133 controller and see if it can see the drive.

"Zahiar" > wrote in message
...
> i recently bought a new hard drive ibm deskstar 180gxp
> 185.2gb. When ever i start my computer i get this error
> message saying Primary master\slave hard disk fail. So
> what might be causing this problem? Please help me!!
>
> Cheers,
> Zahiar

[Alvin A Brown]

Hello

Well do you have the drive connected correctly or you may have a
bad drive, if so I would return the drive, and get a replacement

Alvin


Zahiar wrote:

> i recently bought a new hard drive ibm deskstar 180gxp
> 185.2gb. When ever i start my computer i get this error
> message saying Primary master\slave hard disk fail. So
> what might be causing this problem? Please help me!!
>
> Cheers,
> Zahiar

[Manda Luyong]

Is the hard drive installed correctly? Are the cables (IDE and power) both
firmly connected. Please provide more information so people reading this NG
can help you.

"Zahiar" > wrote in message
...
> i recently bought a new hard drive ibm deskstar 180gxp
> 185.2gb. When ever i start my computer i get this error
> message saying Primary master\slave hard disk fail. So
> what might be causing this problem? Please help me!!
>
> Cheers,
> Zahiar

[null]

Michael A. McKenney wrote:
> Your computer cannot support this size drive or the drive has failed. Get a
> ATA133 controller and see if it can see the drive.
>

Or, he could try updating his BIOS - it might then be able to see the drive.

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