when i add a second hard drive the cd dissappers!!!

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when i add a second hard drive the cd dissappers!!! and when i take it out the cd comes back whats this?????????????
 
there's probably interference with the primary/secondary and master/slave settings

you gotta set your first hard drive as primary master, second hard drive as primary slave (change it with jumpers/bios)

your cd drive should be set as secondary master (in bios)

correct me if i'm wrong, but i think i'm pretty sure i'm right
 
Bit more info please...
Are your hard drives sata or ide? If they're all ide, which channel are you attaching the second hard drive to & which channel is the CDROM on?
What is the master/slave config of both?
 
If this happens in Windows then it might be a drive letter thing, where the HD steals the CD drive letter because Windows assigns letters to HDs first.
 
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