BOOT UP ISSUE etc...

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by BrianBakerOrlando, Nov 5, 2005.

  1. BrianBakerOrlando

    BrianBakerOrlando Private First Class

    Ok heres the deal,i had 2 hard drives in my PC for about 5 months,i removed one of them(the one w/o the OS) so now im down to 1 HD. But for some reason it hangs in post for about a minute or 2 before moving on?This has happend to 2 computers now where i have removed the 2nd HD..Im sure its a simple thing to take care of but im Oblivious to what im supose to do...Any info please.. Windows XP SP2
     
    BrianBakerOrlando, Nov 5, 2005
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  2. hugh750

    hugh750 MajorGeek

    Go into your bios and make sure your slave hard drive setting is disabled.
     
    hugh750, Nov 5, 2005
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  3. ~Pyrate~

    ~Pyrate~ MajorGeek

    are you sure you changed the jumper on the master drive to single? there is a difference you know
     
    ~Pyrate~, Nov 5, 2005
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  4. BrianBakerOrlando

    BrianBakerOrlando Private First Class

    Yes,the Jumpers are in the correct places,and i did go into BIOS and remove the slave disk...Any other issues that would cause this? Thanks for the help too BTW..
     
    BrianBakerOrlando, Nov 5, 2005
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  5. ~Pyrate~

    ~Pyrate~ MajorGeek

    is the partition you want to boot active?
     
    ~Pyrate~, Nov 5, 2005
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