Originally Posted by
jnewm
*** UPDATE (ignore below): I opened the computer, saw that the hard drive was set to master and the cd to slave. I changed CD to master. The live CD check still returned 1 error. I couldn't figure out how to tell if the drives where on separate IDE channels though... I saw that the hard drive was set to 0, I think. But there was no option for the CD. Physically, they were plugged in to two different slots, and in Windows, device manager shows the hard drive as being at location 0, and the CD at location 1. Does that mean they are on separate IDE channels? ***
Thanks dcstar, I was about to go get a new hard drive, but I'll follow up on this first.
So, just to make sure I have this right: To check whether the CD and hard drive are on separate IDE channels and both set to master, I have to physically open the computer, right? Is it then easy to tell if the drives are on separate IDE channels? Whereas, with master vs. slave, I assume I have to try to find the product manuals online? (I don't have any manuals for the computer).
Thanks again,
Jesse
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