Re: Can not get second drive to load in win 2000

since the CD/DVD were working as configured for some time,
then none of my Hardware related checks are relevant,
unless some coincidental CD/DVD HW failure occured

so, then i suspect problem is software related

i would continue looking for differences between
the original working system and the
post (virus infected) non-working system



1. are you installing the same w2k discs
that the system was originally loaded with ?

that is, did you purchase an out-of-box system
that came with OEM version of w2k loaded ?
and now you are installing some diff w2k discs ?

as OEM or valued added installs tend to be
customized to prevent such problems
could look into downloading the install
from your computer

2. maybe download w2k drivers from the DVD/CD-RW
drive manufacturer

3. if you custom built system from scratch then you
probably do not need any of my advice

4. the pesky virus problem still lurking after re-load.

hth
robb




"Chato1" <Chato1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9455E12E-4068-4685-A052-4A52DB9789BC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Everything was working fine untill I got some kind of virus on my
computer. I
> am running a four disk hard drive Raid system, I deleted all my programs
and
> re-installed windows and all my programs. The system has been working fine
> for the past two years, but after I installed Windows 2000 Pro again I
> started with this problem. I have un-installed both drives and un-plugged
> them both,started the computer up again, plugged everything back in and
still
> have the same problem.I went into my regedit and deleted the file for my
PIO
> and DMA still did not work.
> --
> Wayne
>
>
> "robm" wrote:
>
> >
> > "Chato1" <Chato1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:5FE3B392-E1DA-47EE-9E6C-E6CAD45EE647@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > I am running win 2000 pro, I have a Asus P4c800 motherboard. Every
time I
> > > reboot the computer the Bios-will see both my CD-RW and my Sony DVD
> > player,
> > > but ater the reboot I can not get win 2000 to see it, if I install
> > hardware
> > > it picks it up and installs it. And it will work great,But the next
time I
> > > reboot I have to do it all over again, Help Please-
> > > Wayne
> >
> > I am no expert (disclaimer) but i would ask
> >
> > Q1: What change occured to your system prior to this problem occuring ?
> > Q2: Have the drives worked before and then stopped working ?
> >
> >
> >
> > i think either your hardware install for CD-RW is not
> > being saved and thus the need to re-install (why? i have no advice?)
> > -or-
> > there is a hardware conflict with CD-RW/DVD that w2k
> > can not resolve during boot. From past personal experience,
> > i suspect the problem is with one of following.
> >
> > The DVD or CD-RW is newly added Hdwr,
> > do the drives share same IDE cable ?
> > maybe a master/slave/cs issue
> > check and try combination of settings
> > try a 40/80 conductor cable whichever
> > is not currently used
> >
> > maybe the brands do not work well together ?
> > try movng one drive to other IDE cable
> > (Note: there are some that claim issues with
> > slowing down HD performance if HD
> > shares IDE with cd/dvd drives )
> >
> > some ideas
> > HTH
> > Robb
> >
> >
> >


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