Optiplex GX270 512/p4 2.6

 

HD crashed. I also have a EIDE 80g data drive.

 

I bought a wd 160g sata to replace the maxtor 60g diamondmax that crashed.

 

Ran the wd life drive tools to format and partition (137gig for windows 2000 - apparently there is a windows fix to recognize the whole drive once you are up and running.)

 

Using windows 2000  bootdisk1 (because I am doing a clean install from the UPGRADE CD) - it stops when anylizing the Hard Drive configuration and gives me NTLDR is Missing.

 

Though the bios recognizes the drive - the first message I get is "Primary Drive 1 not found". I believe the problem is here...with the bios.

 

Help Please! already wasted 3 days googling for answers.

 

PS FDisk recognizes the partition and says it is active, and Life Drive saw it and formatted and partitioned - so it isn't completely invisible. Also- Is there a problem having the IDE drive connected during this process - and how should i cable and jump it so that the SATA is primary?