hi, I suspect my MSI mobo (MS-6330 ATX) has died or the Award bios does not work, although I have tried to update it online through the MSI Live Update Series. The reason why I believe this is so is that I when get BSOD (which happens much too frequently) and I restart the computer by pushing the reset button, I notice that BIOS does not detect the harddrive. On the other hand, when I perform a cold start the harddrive is recognized and the computer works fine for a while.
I have decided to dismount the harddrive which I believe is healthy enough, to try and save some of the data on it. What I want to do is to run it as an external disk and connect it via USB to another computer that I have. My only worry is that there might be a drive letter conflict. The computer I want to connect the dismounted harddisk to has got one drive with a C: partition and a D: partition. As usual the system is on C: and data on D: The dismounted harddrive has also got two partitions C: and D: only on this drive the system is on D: and the data is on C: Why the system got on D: I don't know, but it happened after I reinstalled windows on the computer with the faulty mobo. My question is, will this scenario cause a drive letter conflict? Another thing, what about jumper settings? Both harddrives are set to cable select, is that ok? or does jumper setting not apply to external harddrives? I hope someone would be kind enough to answer this posting to relieve me of my worries.Thanks. Oivind --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
