PROBLEM AFTER INSTALLING NEW HARD DRIVE

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  1. fct1948

    fct1948 Registered Member

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    I recently had a new hard drive installed on my Dell Dimension 2400 PC. Now when I turn it on, I get the DELL screen that stays on for several seconds, then a black screen that says: "Secondary Drive 1 not found. Strike F1 to continue, F2 to run Setup utility." Striking F1 brings up the Windows screen. How can I bypass these extra screens and go directly to the Windows screen so I can start my desktop. I am a PC novice, so please make it simple! Many thanks if anyone can help me.
     
    fct1948, Jun 27, 2005
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  2. hadi

    hadi Guest

    Hi
    1- is it formatted or raw
    2- have you set master/slave jumper correctly ->main HD master the 2nd one connected to the middle IDE set to slave
    3-does the BIOS detect it. enter BIOS F2 and set detection to AUTO
     
    hadi, Jun 27, 2005
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    meneer Registered Member

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    4- bios battery still fresh?
     
    meneer, Jun 28, 2005
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