On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:19:36 -0400, "Dread" <dread@hell.com>
wrote:

>Here's my setup:
>
>Primary Master: Western Digital
>Primary Slave: some other hard drive
>Secondary Master: CD ROM
>Secondary Slave: another hard drive
>
>My problem:
>
>My WD drive has a major malfunction and needs formatted and Windows
>reinstalled. Not feeling like doing it right now I replaced the WD with my
>backup drive, a Maxtor that I had set up the same day I originally setup my
>WD.
>
>I have no problem with the above setup with the WD but my Maxtor will not
>read the Primary Slave drive but it does read the Secondary Slave drive. I
>disconnected the Secondary and it still will not read the Primary Slave.
>Help appreciated.
>


Try different jumper settings on both the master and slave
(primary). If using master and slave jumpers, try cable
select on either and/or both.