Ok so this question is for a non-dell but it is the first place i knew that had knowledgable, helpful people that might be able to help me out.
I am trying to install an older 60gb hard drive into an old amd duron computer. The hard drive itself came from my server which got a new 200gb hard drive. After installing the 200gb i moved all of the 60gb drive contents to the new roomier 200gb. Now the 60gb was labeled drive "W" and not the drive which the OS was installed. After the move I formatted it in windows to make the transition easier into the "new" home. But cannot change the drive letter back to C since a drive is already named that. I hooked it up to its new home and I got a "Detecting IDE...." and so I looked inside and the power plugs werent hooked up.. ok oops. So i double checked everything to make sure it was hooked up and did one last scan and everything looked good. So I turned the computer back on and the CD Rom is the only ide device being detected. There are 2 IDE slots on the mboard so i tried switching them and the cd rom was the only one being detected, i tried switching the cables and cdrom is only being detected. I tried switching power plugs and the cdrom is only being detected. I tried changing the jumpers from CS to MAster I dont know what the problem is but from all the possiblities i have tried, Including hooking up the drive back to its original home and it was detected fine I have come to the conclusion that A. the drive just does not want to go to its new home, B. the drive letter "W" is confusing the bios on boot or C. me and computers will never be able to get along (which i have a long history of)
Thanks for reading this any suggestions, comments, help greatly appreciated