Secondary Drive 1 message Dan Drewry <dan[ at ]drewry.com> 10/20/2008 2:48:51 AM Sometimes when I turn my Dell on (Win XP Pro) I get a message "Secondary Drive 1 not found - press F1 to continue, F2 to run setup utility". I have my main hard disk (C), and two CD drives (D & E). I have no idea what it thinks my secondary drive 1 is, or why it's looking for it. It's annoying because I turn the computer on and go away, thinking it's going to be up and ready when I come back.

Re: Secondary Drive 1 message Malke <malke[ at ]invalid.invalid> 10/20/2008 11:52:43 AM Dan Drewry wrote: [Quoted Text] > Sometimes when I turn my Dell on (Win XP Pro) I get a message "Secondary > Drive 1 not found - press F1 to continue, F2 to run setup utility". > I have my main hard disk (C), and two CD drives (D & E). I have no idea > what it thinks my secondary drive 1 is, or why it's looking for it. > It's annoying because I turn the computer on and go away, thinking it's > going to be up and ready when I come back. Start the computer and immediately press F2 to go into Setup. Look at the various drives and if a second hard drive shows as an option, disable it. Make sure you leave the first hard drive and your optical drives alone. If that doesn't work, you may be seeing the first instances of a failing motherboard. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Re: Secondary Drive 1 message "Don Phillipson" <e925[ at ]SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> 10/20/2008 12:15:11 PM "Dan Drewry" <dan[ at ]drewry.com> wrote in message news:%23WPIg5lMJHA.2500[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Sometimes when I turn my Dell on (Win XP Pro) I get a message "Secondary > Drive 1 not found - press F1 to continue, F2 to run setup utility". > I have my main hard disk (C), and two CD drives (D & E). I have no idea > what it thinks my secondary drive 1 is, or why it's looking for it. Dell desktops hereabouts are preconfigured with a single hard drive containing two logical drives, one being the normal C:, the other a proprietary drive with backup system and setup files, hidden during WinXP's normal operation. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)

Re: Secondary Drive 1 message "David B." <mail[ at ]nomail.net> 10/20/2008 3:19:37 PM Which has nothing to do with the OP's question as the BIOS doesn't detect logical drives, only physical drives. -- ---- Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 Help Us Help You http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm "Don Phillipson" <e925[ at ]SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message news:ud3LuBrMJHA.4600[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > > Dell desktops hereabouts are preconfigured with a single > hard drive containing two logical drives, one being the > normal C:, the other a proprietary drive with backup system > and setup files, hidden during WinXP's normal operation. > > -- > Don Phillipson > Carlsbad Springs > (Ottawa, Canada) > >