The drive jumper must be set to cable select. This is the same for all Dell systems. However, you should not need to reinstall the OS. Just change the jumper then check your drives in the BIOS to be sure the new drive is properly recognized.
BIOS is recognizing the drive and shows the correct name, size, etc. Jumper is set to Cable select. When I exit the BIOS setup to let it boot, I'm getting "A disk read error has occurred" message. I've gone throught the extended tests with the drive manufacturer's tech support diagnostic tool (Western Digital) and the drive checks out fine.
Try doing a repair function or a repair reinstall. Boot off your XP disk like youre going to install only either select the repar option for a repair or follow the steps in the link to try a repair reinstall
osprey4
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January 3rd, 2009 18:00
Hi, Uncahuab:
The drive jumper must be set to cable select. This is the same for all Dell systems. However, you should not need to reinstall the OS. Just change the jumper then check your drives in the BIOS to be sure the new drive is properly recognized.
Uncahuab
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January 4th, 2009 05:00
Thanks, Osprey.
BIOS is recognizing the drive and shows the correct name, size, etc. Jumper is set to Cable select. When I exit the BIOS setup to let it boot, I'm getting "A disk read error has occurred" message. I've gone throught the extended tests with the drive manufacturer's tech support diagnostic tool (Western Digital) and the drive checks out fine.
Uncahuab
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January 4th, 2009 05:00
Try doing a repair function or a repair reinstall. Boot off your XP disk like youre going to install only either select the repar option for a repair or follow the steps in the link to try a repair reinstall