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    Default Computer doesn't detect any hard drive.

    I got my computer to boot. However, the BIOS will only detect my floppy drive, ZIP drive, and DVD drive. Due to this, I cannot access to anything but those drives. I changed both the power and IDE cable.

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    Had you been using the hard drive in the same configuration you have it now in the past? If so I would guess the hardware is faulty, in which case you're pretty much SOL. On the other hand, if you haven't used this one at all in the past my guess is that it's a master/slave configuration issue.

    Basically, each IDE slot on your motherboard can handle two devices at once (on the same ribbon cable), so for each shared cable you need to set one of them to "Master" and the other to "Slave". This was eventually simplified with a "cable-select" system, where the position on the ribbon cable takes care of this, but if your computer is old enough to have a zip drive my guess is that it doesn't have that. If you can somehow find your motherboards model number I should be able to find out.

    On the back of IDE-based HDDs and other disc drives you'll find an additional, separate set of 8 pins that control that configuration, and (usually) one or more removable plastic bits (the jumpers) that bridge the pins. Here's a diagram explaining what I'm talking about;




    Keep in mind the different disk manufacturers can use different jumper configurations, but most will have a similar diagram either printed on their label or engraved somewhere on it; if not, you'll have to search its model number to find it.
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