Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Jumpers set incorrectly

A Portuguese reader contributed this:

Acho q resolvi o problema do ntldr, experimenta por o hdd como master e o dvd em slave (tinha ao contrĂ¡rio) depois o winxp instalou normalmente..

Which http://translate.google.com/ said means:

Guess I solved the problem of ntldr, try a hdd as master and slave on dvd (it had the opposite) after winxp installed normally ..

I'm glad he got it working. If you are building a computer and are using "Parallel" hard drives, you will need to read up on how to properly set your "jumpers".

These links should help you get started:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_ATA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumper_(computing)

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=building+your+first+computer