Secondary hard disk drive 0,1 not not found at bootup[dell pc]

[acuariano]

Secondary hard disk drive 0,1 not not found at bootup[dell pc]

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hi guys this happened to me a few months back.
this morning i tried everything...nothing works,....well this is what happen.
--everytime i reboot i get
;"secondary hard disk drive 0 not found"
;"secondary hard disk drive 1 not found"
if i press F1 it works normally,also i can see the drives listed at my computer labeled correctly,if i turn off pc ,and then, turn on pc everything is ok.,,but at every reboot i have this black screen booting problm.
myp is a dell dimension 8200,xp pro/sp3 768 rdram.
-in device manager everything looks correct..

thanks

 

[Lexluethar]

Sounds like you have an option in your BIOS to 'halt at everything.' Meaning if there is anything missing or possibly wrong with the system your BIOS will stop making the user press F1 so that they notice was is wrong (or possibly wrong).

If nothing is wrong with the system then just choose the option of 'halt on nothing' or something similar in your BIOS.

 

[acuariano]

thanks for your reply.
i don't see that option in bios.
and this happens if i reboot the pc.

 

[acuariano]

ok i swapped ide cables with hard drives..it does reboot properly
it is read in bios.
only problem is that cd/dvd player doesn't "play"..is recognize in device manager..but plays nothing.
-dvd burner,plays record no prolem.

 

[acuariano]

ok when i swap cables pc boots fine..the problem is that dvd player[D] display wrong label ,it plays cd/movies,,but it shows [E] ..E is dvd burner...
DVD BURNER plays ok no problem and it shows "E" ,,no problem..

i bet what i need is to change label drives,problem is don't know how to..

pictrures shows wrong,when swapped cables both plays.

picture shows "right" in proper position..but when reboots i got
"Secondary hard disk drive 0,1 not not found at bootup"