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Ok, blert, the drives have no way to set master or slave. I put the new one in the old one's place and loaded Windows 7 with the BIOS. It loaded ok but I am having a tough time getting things loaded. So I put the old one back in the second drive slot. At least I can do what I need until the new...

also, the drives are hooked up to IDE cable. The old drive is attached to the shorter one 'cause it will not reach the new drive. I must remove them to see which is the master and slave. Thanks Ed

BIOS fix worked, machine boots to the old drive. When you say HDD ports, do you mean slots to physically insert the drive, or how many slots to plug the smaller (data) cable into? I will get to check disk next. Ed

OK blert, I found the BIOS and set the old drive as #1 and the new one as #2 It still says that the new drive is Disabled? I will shut down , reboot, and see if it works. I am still cleaning my ST so I'll get back later on. Thanks Ed

Yes, I set it to the appropriate device but every time? The cloned drive did not show after the cloning, the next drive they gave me still doesn't show.

Thanks for the hammer offer. I can boot to the old drive, I just have to tell it which beforehand (F12) How do I get to the BIOS? F12 offered a check of the drive as an option. The drive passed! I don't understand why the new (used) drive won't show on the computer. The first one worked until...

Thanks blert, I hope that you are right about the drive being janked up. I returned it and got another, this one doesn't work either. Even with the old drive being the only one installed, I still have to tell it which drive to boot with. I have the 7 installation disk but if the machine won't...

Sorry Byron, I did not know of "steel shield" if it works, great! Ed

I have a hex bolt to hold the clutch plate on. When that comes out the clutch plate will only move out 1.5 inches. I am afraid to pry it with anything.

Even with lubricating the compressor shaft the clutch still won't engage and I can't get the clutch off. The old York compressors had a bolt to screw in once the front bolt was removed, this would screw the clutch off! Do our compressors have a gizmo like this and does anyone know what size it...

Bryon, Has there been any overheating? White smoke out the tailpipe? You could check for water in the oil (milky look). Some shops will check for exhaust gases out the tailpipe. Maybe the miss is from needing a tuneup. I don't like head gasket sealer unless you are really low on cash. If it...

Years ago my wife bought for me a "Chefs Choice". It is 15-18 years old and still works well. It has one slot for coarse edge and a second one for the fine edge, used together it will give a very sharp edge and you will get the same angle every time. I don't think that she paid more than $30...

ongoing with this thing. a friend came over with a cloning device. We set up to clone the original drive to the 500G drive. It would only go to 75%. I put both in the computer and the 500G doesn't show! I put the 500G in the #1 slot and it won't boot!. So I am back where I started with a bogus...

Sounds like a good idea blert. I may have to read your post 3-4 more times to get it right but worth a try. I will move what I can over to the external drive first though. PTL Ed

Ok, that is not what I had in mind, but........ Ed

thanks, blert, I will try Linux on the laptop after I get this desktop working. I formatted the new drive, but when I go to install Windows 7, I am afraid that it will reinstall 7 on the old drive and all will be lost. The old drive is still working. Will the installation disk ask me which drive...

Thanks, blert, I have Linux on the laptop. I can't figure it out! UBC downloaded with no content. Do you think that Microsoft would mind if I removed windows 10 and installed the 7 that now is on this drive onto the new drive? If this drive is bad, I will pitch it anyway. God bless Ed

Aloha blert, I did not say that but it has since passed. I bought a used drive yesterday, it has windows 10. I have heard bad things about 10 but I am still trying to figure it out. Youtube tells me that the heat sink on the motherboard cannot be removed without first removing the motherboard...

Sorry blert, this didn't go through. the drive was in the computer when I bought it used about 10 years ago.

Aloha blert, I just finished the memory stick dance. Module 1, no start. modules 1&2 or 1&3 or 1&4 CPU cool 140f but would not shut down with 1&3! Module 2, no start. modules 2&3 or 2&4 CPU cool mainboard...