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From: Rod Speed
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 00:00

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Andy K wrote in message <74gfid$f7u$1@otis.netspace.net.au>...

> I am trying to install a Seagate 6.5Gb drive as a second HD on my PC.
> I am connecting it to the CD Drive data cable, as the the second connector
> on my primary hard drive data cable will not reach it. I set  the jumper to
> primary on the HD and to slave on the CD Drive. The BIOS auto detects the
> new drive correctly (6506MB) but when I use the Seagate Disk Manager it
> tells me that the size of the HD is only 540(I think)MB.

Why are you using the Seagate Disk Manager at all ?
That isnt a good idea unless you have no alternative.

The main situation you need it is where the motherboard
is rather elderly and doesnt have LBA support.

> At this stage I exit the setup process and reset the CMOS so only
> the primary drive is present.  When I reboot the PC however it does
> not boot to Windows until I physically disconnect the new HD.

The first thing to get clear is whether you need disk manager at all.

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From: "Rod Speed" <rspeed@dragnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: second hard drive
Date: 1998/12/08
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