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These are the exact messages in the event log. A parity error was detected on "\device\ide\ideport0" and The driver detected a controller error on device\harddisk0. Any ideas if this may cause the frequent rebooting of the machine??

I have a good news and a bad news. Good news first, the setup detects the HD and I was able to install W2K3. As I said before, I used the CD-ROM connector on the motherboard to connect both the HD and the CD-ROM as master and slave. Either I understood the jumper settigns wrong or Maxtor put it...

Thats the part I forgot to check. I will let you know as soon as I do that. Thanks.

The last time I checked the BIOS was when I connected the HD on the IDE1 of the IDE adapter through PCI card and the CD-ROM to the CD-ROM connector on the motherboard. The BIOS was showing the following: Primary Master : None Primary Slave : None Secondary Master : CD-ROM Secondary Slave ...

I am still not able to resolve this issue with my HD. In the past couple of days, after doing more studying on the H/W connections, this is what I have. The motherboard does not have a primary connector for a HD but has one for CD-ROM. The HD was connected to an IDE adapter through a PCI slot...

I think the drive is detected in the BIOS. I want to add that before the windows setup starts, it gives me the arrays detected on the system. I hope that means the drive. It shows the capacity of the drive and the type of array, in my case, it is FUNCTIONAL

I have a vague idea what C/SEL means just because I saw it in the installation manual of the new drive. It was pre-set set to C/SEL. If I am right, you are talking about the pins setup next to the power point of the drive. Istn't it? The drive that I am trying to use has the small plastic thing...

I have a PC that I got from someone else. I am trying to install W2K3 on it, I mean on the drive that I got with the PC. For some reason, the setup does not detect the hard drive. I even tried with a brand new HD but I ran into the same problem.:mad: I am sure I am missing something but I am not...