Comments on: STEP 12 : Configure the Hard Drive & CD-ROM

By: Wb5aty

Wb5aty — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:54:00 +0000

I did that one time.The best thing is to go and buy a new hard drive.They are real cheap now.1TB $55.00 here in houston Texas .At Frys Elec,And Computer Also micro center is cheap to.Just look on the net.
Robert Stringer wb5aty@yahoo.com

By: Hinadholakia

Hinadholakia — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:20:00 +0000

I connect the hard drive but screen is not readind

By: jim

jim — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:27:57 +0000

i built a new computer but used two old hard drives but the computer now says im low on hard disk memory but when i look the drives are there and is low one has 2 gb memery spare how can this be shouldent it add them together and transfer to second drive

By: Randy

Randy — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:06:44 +0000

I recentley replaced the hard drive in my desktop. Windows has been reinstalled and seems to be working just fine…How do I get my internet to work again?

By: Leigh

Leigh — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:38:28 +0000

So basically it didnt start up.Does the board have leds on it?If so your book that came with the board should have the codes listed when your leds do what you sat they did.It could be very simple.Check you wires going to the board.Especially the power switch wires.They may be backwards.Try reversing them.There should be something printed on the wires.Nake sure they face the same way.Look at you book that cam with the board and make sure they are right.Remove and replace the memory sticks.Make sure you hear a click and the clips that hold the memory in are closed all the way.I suggest reading the wiring section of the book and double check them.If they are all right them i suspect you may have a bad board,or a power supply maybe.Its all troubleshooting.If you have a buddy with the same type of machine try using his memory if its the right type.If you have access to an ohm meter you can check the voltage coming out of the power supply.Look on the internet for help.This site isnt the only one you can get help from.Ask questions from the place you bought your parts.If its not to late try returning the board and get another.Im in southern calif and if your close by i will be happy to help you.My email is pennynleigh@msn.com

By: seneca

seneca — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:59:11 +0000

After putting it all together and connecting it to the monitor… it all seemed to be working fine. When I turned it on the LED light flashed for a second and that was it. The fans didn’t start and no noises came…. just the one blink. anyone know what could be the problem? This is my first computer build and I feel like i got it all right…

By: GreatEmerald

GreatEmerald — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:23:02 +0000

A>:? Where do you get that? In a black DOS/BIOS screen? If so, your partition table is probably corrupt, you should use tools like GPartEd for erasing partitions. Write it on a CD/USB, delete all the partitions you see listed and then try installing again.

By: Len Hale

Len Hale — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:27:49 +0000

I put a new hard drive in my computer and I tried to load the operating system only to find out that I did not have the product key numbe so I erased the hard drive with Drive Washer. Now every time I try to power up the computer all I get is the A>: How can I correct this issue?

By: GreatEmerald

GreatEmerald — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:29:38 +0000

It’s also possible that the drive is hidden (if you have Vista or Win7). They get hidden if there is nothing on the drive or the drive isn’t formatted. It’s best to use a tool like GPartEd to format the second drive, and then it should show up.

By: Gord

Gord — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:00:22 +0000

Howard, as it says above, “If two devices are on one channel, one must be the “master” and the other the “slave”.” You need to set the jumpers on the drives.