Re: 160 Gb drive in a removable caddy give "disk error press ctrl alt del" on boot

Agreed. Maxtor slaved with WD master or vice-versa is generally a no-no.
There's others, but that's the biggest one. It boils down to the low-level
ide communication method of each HD mfr as the source of the problem.

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Dave
"David Vair" <dvair@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jumping in late here, what makes are the drives. Some manufacturers
drives don't like to play nice with other makes.
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Dave Vair
CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+

"neil" <neilp67_@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Dave,
The cable is the same cable connected to the bay as connected to the
drive directly & is 80 wire. (not sure how long but standard , came with
the motherboard)
Just referencing your other reply different thread, there is no link on
the drive enclosure and the 120Gb drive boots with either the link on the
hard drive set to master or cable select. The 160Gb drive wont boot in
the enclosure with the link in either position, but boots fine when
connected to the IDE cable inside the PC directly. (this is after
disconnecting it from the rear of the caddy.

Neil
"Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"neil" <neilp67_@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I wonder if anyone can answer this for me. I had a Seagate drive that
was deemed faulty with the above fault so I returned it under warrantee.
I received a replacement that gives the same error at the first boot
during the windows XP setup routine. With the drive in the removable
caddy the error occurs but if I connect the drive to the IDE cables
directly the drive will boot ok. I have a 120Gb drive normally working
in the bay and that has always been fine, my second drive is a 250Gb
drive so the bios does not have a problem with large drives. All IDE
cables are 80 pins type.

Any suggestions are welcome.

thanks
Neil


Is the bay enclosure and caddy 80 wire capable version?
Are using an 80 wire cable from the bay enclosure to the ide port?
How long is the cable you're using for the bay enclosure?

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Dave








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