Drives problem....Grrrr.

[pcbuilder14]

Ok, this is extremely frustrating. Heres the problem:

I reinstalled XP on my computer. I have 3 drives(CD-RW, DVD-RW, and a DVD ROM) my DVDrom shows up under my computer, however, even after reboot, the other drives don't show up or register. They all registered before i reinstalled!

Any ideas?

[Panama Red]

How are your IDE's configured? Where's the Hard drive(s)? Do the drives not show up in BIOS, Device Manager, My computer, or all three?

[pcbuilder14]

Not sure about bios..ill check, they aren't in device manager either. The HDD, 3 diskdrives area ll on ides. Would the slave/master setting affect this?

[Panama Red]

Best configuration I think is hard drive and least used optical on primary IDE using 80 wire cable, both set to Cable Select on the jumpers. Use a 40 wire cable on the Secondary IDE and set the jumpers to Master/Slave. OR you can use an 80 wire on the Secondary also and set both opticals to Cable Select. If they don't show up in bios after setting the configuration as outlined, try another cable.

[pcbuilder14]

80 wire?

Can't you just put cable select on all of them?

Ill try it.

[Panama Red]

I guess you can try it if you want. I was just trying to give you something that works.:D