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May 30th, 2008 18:00
Primary Drive 1 Not Found
Trying to restore a family member's Dimension 3000. Got XP back up and running and most of the drivers updated. I also upgraded the bios to A03.
Everytime this PC boots, right after the bios copyright splash screen, it gives the error:
Primary Drive 1 not found
Press F1 to Continue or F12 for boot options
Pressing F1 then results in Windows booting.
All HD tests pass with flying colors and I cannot find anything wrong with the drive- just cannot figure out why it won't boot directly into windows.
Thanks!
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MOCR
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May 30th, 2008 18:00
Fixed it!
Thank you very much!!
Ryanh6178
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May 30th, 2008 18:00
Hi MOCR92,
Just press "F2" during POST (Dell logo screen) to enter the system bios. Go to hard disk management and set Primary Drive 1 to "OFF".
These aren't AUTO, so if you have it turned on with no drive connected to that port then it will error. Primary Drive 0 is your Windows drive.
Ryanh6178
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May 30th, 2008 18:00