Help - 2nd HD not recognized

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I just got a new hard disk and installed Win2kPro on it. All the work
on the new disk was with the old one disconnected.

The old HD was a 60GB drive with 20GB partitions with Win98 2nd ed.
and formatted as FAT32.

I can use either physical HD ok if alone. But when I attach the old
HD as a slave with the new HD as master, Win2kPro does not recognize
any drive letters. Both HDs are evident in CMOS, and Computer
Management/Storage/Disk Management shows the second HD as a single
primary partition of ~60GB, but no drive letters are assigned.

How can I use the second drive under Win2kPro without deleting the
Win98 primary partition or reformatting?

Thanks,

Doug
 
You shouldn't have done the drive swapping before the install. You'll need
to either reinstall the second OS (with the drive connected as slave) or use
a third party boot manager.

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| I just got a new hard disk and installed Win2kPro on it. All the work
| on the new disk was with the old one disconnected.
|
| The old HD was a 60GB drive with 20GB partitions with Win98 2nd ed.
| and formatted as FAT32.
|
| I can use either physical HD ok if alone. But when I attach the old
| HD as a slave with the new HD as master, Win2kPro does not recognize
| any drive letters. Both HDs are evident in CMOS, and Computer
| Management/Storage/Disk Management shows the second HD as a single
| primary partition of ~60GB, but no drive letters are assigned.
|
| How can I use the second drive under Win2kPro without deleting the
| Win98 primary partition or reformatting?
|
| Thanks,
|
| Doug
|
 
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