[clue-tech] Help with 2 hard drives on same IDE

[Jim Ockers]

Hi Angelo,

> So then I repartitioned the drive with Linux, and then tried to install 
> Windows in the windows partition.  This "worked" but when it boots it 
> says that NTLDR is missing (which is the operating system loader).

If you are sure there is a Windows installation there then you can
make a boot floppy that will boot Windows NT/2000.  Google for it
and you'll see it's not hard, provided you have a Windows install
CD or diskette around.  :)

> My last attempt to reinstall involves me becoming suspicous about having 
> two hard drives on the same cable, so I removed the other one.  Still 
> the same problem.  However, I think having the second hard drive is 
> probably what messed it up.  I asked around and did a lot of research to 
> decide on how to set up my IDE cables, and everyone seemed to say that 
> they should be on the same cable.

Having the drives on the same cable shouldn't cause the problems you
had.  Brand shouldn't make any difference either.  I'd say you had a
good old fashioned hardware failure.

> on the motherboard is also a virtual IDE and that originally there was 
> only one IDE.

No, most motherboards have dual-channel (i.e., Qty 2) IDE interfaces,
each of which can have an IDE master and IDE slave device.

Good luck,
JimO

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