I disabled the 2nd option because I am using the CD rom data cable for old hard drive and that still didnt work.
In BIOS, without the old drive plugged in. Boot Device Priority 1st [SATA :PM-WDC WD2002] 2nd [ATAPI CD-ROM] 3rd [Removable Dev.]
When the old drive is in, I cant get to the BIOS to do that. Can I plug it in while in BIOS?
Any details on how to change this? I'm in the BIOS and I dont see anything about auto scan. When it boots with the new drive in, the 1st Boot...
Why does it boot up fine without the old hard drive plugged in... but wont when it is? Doesnt the PC know to boot from the new hard drive and ignore...
I can live with that! hoop fam! :cheers:
Fix My Dead PC (local) has been recommended for me to check out if needed. Prices dont seem too bad. I've got years and years worth of pics that...
When I boot with old hard drive plugged in, I get the same long message I posted earlier and its now "checking file system on D: the type of the...
Thanks Hoojacks and Hobbesarable! I might go that route if needed.
Yes Yes, but it stayed on the "shutting down" screen so I manually turned it off after waiting 5 min. Haven't tried restarting with old drive...
I dont have an extra data cable, so I used the cable from my CD/DVD drive. Unplugged from cd/DVD drive and into old hard drive, left the other end...
When I plug in the old drive, my PC finds it and it shows the files/folders but then says "not responding". Damn!
Crappy thing is that I dont have a microsoft office disk anymore.
thanks!!!
Got a 2TB hard drive. Going thru the fun re-install now. They said my old hard drive is toast. But I'm not giving up hope on being able to...
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